Talk:Marine Hospital Service

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Greetings. My name is Mike and I wrote this entry. Please feel free to edit it as needed. I will try to add some more info myself, also. I may be contacted via e-mail at: tidus@jetsetradio.zzn.com

Following are personal comments from the user above (the article creator) that were moved from the article to talk. Christopher Parham (talk) 23:23, 2005 July 15 (UTC)

There is not, as far as I know, any comprehensive book or even a decent peer-reviewed article about the history of these hospitals which contains information on their architects, design, and technological innovations. This is both odd and sad, given that these hospitals are unique to American health care and the service that ran them was more or less the place of origin for every extant Federal health service or program we have today. Also, as far as I know, no hospital has been perserved as a musuem to Marine Hospital Service, either. The records--both medical-oriented and fiscal--for these institutions sit in storage at the National Library of Medicine on the National Institutes of Health Bethesda, MD, campus.

Currently, the Presidio of San Francisco--which is now a National Park--is considering options for the future of its Public Health Service hospital, a structure built in 1932 with additions in the 1950s. This imposing structure may become mixed-use space for homes and offices, which would be a worthy application of its space in the scope of San Francisco's tight geography and apartment market, but one must hope the history of the sturcture as a hospital will somehow be remembered. The National Park Service seems to be dealing with the prospects for the old hospital with due care and concern (not an easy task, with some in the local neighborhood objecting to any measures to renovate the hospital--which has been vacant since the late 1980s--because of the traffic problems it might cause in their tony digs). However, a complete visual and written survey of the hospital recording (as best is possible now) the aesthetic and functional aspects of the hospital during its glory days seems prudent.

The Marine Hospitals and Public Health Service Hospitals are just one aspect of American history that I stumbled upon as a student of both architectural history and the history of medicine. I have to wonder how many other obscure yet important Federal programs like this which have helped shape our nation are neglected by professional historians and the general public alike?

The current design review process for the former Public Health Service Hospital of the Presidio of San Francisco can be found on the following site maintained by the National Park Service:

http://www.presidio.gov/Preservation_Restoration/PublicHealthDistrict/

The National Library of Medicine has a guide to the documents culled from various PHS hospitals when these closed (read: all the paperwork got shipped off to Washington). This would be a good place for scholars to start if interested in the in-depth history of the hospitals:

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/hmd/manuscripts/ead/phs471.html

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There are a few resources on the history and origins of the Marine Hospital Fund beyond what is available in the National Library of Medicine (NLM). Other resources include the National Archives which likely houses the vast majority of drawings and hospital records. The Marine Hospital Service really was more than just a series of hospitals, it eventually lead to the creation of the modern day Department of Health and Human Services, and the Commissioned Corps of the Public Health Service. One good book reference is: "A Profile of the United States Public Health Service 1798-1948" by Bess Furman, 1973, Government Printing Office (GPO). Another resource is "Plagues and Politics" by Admiral Mullen, USPHS.

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• http://scholar.google.com/scholar?hl=en&q=allintitle%3A+%22public+hospital+service%22&btnG=Search&as_sdt=2000&as_ylo=&as_vis=0

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Hello all; my name is Andrew and I am a student interested in this topic.  I plan providing more information on the Marine Hospital Service's funding, and possibly if they teach medical students. I can add more backbone-type information similar to other hospital related wikipedia pages. I will use these resources: https://www.usphs.gov/aboutus/history.aspx, http://www.marinehospital.org/publichealth.htm, https://history.nih.gov/research/sources_legislative_chronology.htmlAhaddad93 (talk) 02:31, 10 November 2017 (UTC)

A few additions

I've decided to work on the Marine Hospital Service article and add more information about it's role in the plague. I want to talk more about the Surgeon Generals role being created and expand on I want to improve the article by also discussing the authorization of the first Marine Hospital that was authorized to be built in Boston in 1803. I have included a few links below and will update my talk page as I add more. Any feedback is greatly appreciated.

https://profiles.nlm.nih.gov/ps/access/QQBBCZ.pdf http://www.marinehospital.org/past.htm http://www.marinehospital.org/pdfs/HistoricTimeline.pdf https://history.nih.gov/research/sources_legislative_chronology.html

Vcollins2002 (talk) 19:47, 10 November 2017 (UTC)

I added a few additions to the timeline and cited a few things that needed citations. Below is a list of my sources please feel free to leave feedback.

http://www.marinehospital.org/past.htm http://www.marinehospital.org/pdfs/HistoricTimeline.pdf https://www.nih.gov/about-nih/what-we-do/nih-almanac/chronology-events https://history.nih.gov/research/downloads/16StatL169.pdf https://profiles.nlm.nih.gov/ps/access/QQBBCZ.pdf https://www.nlm.nih.gov/exhibition/phs_history/fighting.html https://www.nlm.nih.gov/exhibition/phs_history/fighting.html https://www.nlm.nih.gov/exhibition/phs_history/intro.html

Vcollins2002 (talk) 23:32, 3 December 2017 (UTC)