Page Content. Torticollis means âwry neckâ and is a condition that can be either congenital (from birth), or acquired later in life. A common form of the acquired condition is spasmodic torticollis: a chronic neurological movement disorder causing the neck to turn involuntarily to the left, right, upward or downward.
Quick Answer. According to PanCanal, it is possible that upwards of 22,000 people died building the Panama Canal. According to hospital records, 5,609 died of diseases and accidents and of these, 4,500 were West Indian workers. Continue Reading.
He attempted to repeat this success with an effort to build a Panama Canal at sea-level during the 1880s, but the project was devastated by epidemics of malaria and yellow fever in the area, as well as beset by financial problems, and the planned de Lesseps Panama Canal was never completed.