Excerpt from Sanitary Conditions on the Isthmus of Panama Reply: Reply of the Isthmian Canal Commission to the Report of Dr. C. A. L. Reed With Letters of the President and Secretary of War in Reference Thereto To the President: I herewith transmit the answer of the Commission to the charges contained in the report of Dr. C.A. L.Reed, to me as to the sanitary provisions made by the Isthmian Canal Commission on the Isthmus. I think that a reading of the two documents will show what indeed was apparent on the face of Dr. Reeds statement - that his charges against the Commission were biased and controversial, and not written in the judicial spirit that inspires confidence in their justice and accuracy. Dr. Reed visited the Isthmus at my request to act as an assessor of land upon a commission provided by the treaty between Panama and the United States, but as he was the head of the American Medical Association, it seemed to me an opportunity on his return to secure information from one skilled in his profession as to the existing conditions upon the Isthmus. In response to my queries he was so emphatic and so detailed in his charges that I asked him to make his statement in writing, which he did upon the same day by the use of a stenographer. It is probable that had he taken more time he would have been more measured in his criticisms, less extreme in his statements, and less flippant in his references to the action of the Commission. The report of Dr. Reed was published without my knowledge or consent. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.