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during the mortality from preventable diseases by half in one genera- 

 tion. This proposition was demonstrated beyond all question in a 

 great educational campaign on the mosquito in the San Antonio public 

 schools several years ago in which the mosquito was completely ex- 

 terminated. 



It is an inspiring sight to witness this unseemly, death-ridden 

 tropical country, changed into a place of beauty and a veritable health 

 resort, right in the midst of disease and death. The Panama Canal is 

 a wonderful feat of engineering, and we can easily imagine civil engi- 

 neers attempting in the near future to conserve and utilize the motor 

 power of the ocean waves and the trade winds. All due honor to the 

 engineers. 



But when the world's vessels sail through Lake Bohio, whose waters 

 will be impregnated with millions of dollars worth of the rusting iron 

 of the French failure, it will be a glorious triumph of scientific sani- 

 tation, and a great lesson to all nations and peoples down the centuries ; 

 an example that will be emulated and add much to human health, 

 happiness and longevity. 



