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Journal article
Before the surgeon general: Marine hospitals in mid-19th-century America
Public health reports, Vol.112(6), pp.525-527
PHS Chronicles
11/01/1997
PMCID: PMC1381932
PMID: 10822481
Web of Science ID: WOS:A1997YK13400024
Abstract
The first truly effective medical organization within the federal government was the Marine Hospital Service and the Supervising Surgeon, later the Surgeon General. This was established by Congress in 1870.
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- Title
- Before the surgeon general: Marine hospitals in mid-19th-century America
- Publication Details
- Public health reports, Vol.112(6), pp.525-527
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publisher
- Sage Publications, Inc.
- Series
- PHS Chronicles
- Format
- link
- Identifiers
- WOS:A1997YK13400024; 99380500187706600
- Academic Unit
- History and Philosophy; College of Arts, Social Sciences, and Humanities
- Language
- English