...under charters granted by King George III, but the Marine-Hospital Sen-ice proper dates from July 16, 1798, when Congress passed an act for the relief of sick and disabled seamen, creating a fund for this purpose, designated "The marine-hospital fund.'' The benefits of these...

...useful branch of prophylactic science. The public health and marine hospital service dates from July 16, 1798, when congress passed an act for the relief of sick and disabled seamen, creating for this purpose " The Marine Hospital Fund." In 1871 the service was reorganized,...

...HISTORY OP THE SERVICE. The history of the Public Health and Marine-Hospital Service dates from July 16, 1798, when Congress passed an act for the relief of sick and disabled seamen. The benefits of its hospitals were also extended to sailors in the United States Navy until...

...HISTORY OF THE SERVICE. The history of the Public Health and Marine-Hospital Service dates from July 16, 1798, when Congress passed an act for the relief of sick and disabled seamen. "The benefits of its hospitals were also extended to sailors in the United States Navy until...

...HISTORY OF THE SERVICE. The history of the Public Health and Marine-Hospital Service dates from July 16, 1798, when Congress passed an act for the relief of sick and disabled seamen. The benefits of its hospitals were also extended to sailors in the United States Navy until...

...and is the product of more than a century's growth and experience. It dates its origin from July 16, 1798, when Congress passed an act "for the relief of sick and disabled seamen." This act created a medical service, the duties of which were added to from time to time by...

...practically every city of importance. Federal Health Work Our Federal health service dates from July 16, 1798, when Congress passed an act for the relief of sick and disabled seamen and established the United States Marine Hospital Service. It was not until 1832 that quarantine...

...gives the various names by which the present Public Health Service is known. It really dates back to 1798 when Congress passed an act for the relief of sick and disabled seamen. This small beginning accounts for the present location of the bureau in the Treasury Department,...

...STATES PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE. HISTORY. The history of the Public Health Service dates from July 16, 1798, when Congress passed an act for the relief of sick and disabled seamen. This act provided for the treatment of seamen in hospitals located in ports of the United States,...

...upon to perform. The history of the Public Health and Marine Hospital Service goes back to July 1C, 1798, when Congress passed an act for the relief of sick and disabled seamen. Since that time its responsibilities have been gradually enlarged until to-day it ranks among...