Disturbing to some viewers. Narrator the United States Public Health service as it exists today is a product of experience extending over nearly 150 years. A was initially created as Marine Hospital service for the care of sick and disabled seamen. It was activated in an active congress signed by president john adams in 1798. Was originally supported by a tax on american merchant seamen, but this was later abolished. The tax was collected by the treasury department. The Marine Hospital service came under the jurisdiction of that department, where it remains today. The first Marine Hospital in the secondrginia, built in boston, massachusetts. Some medical personnel were utilized by both the union and the confederacy for the care of wounded forces. Frequently happened that medical officers of the early Marine Hospitals were the first diagnose diseases such as cholera. The work of the service became of such increasing importance that congress extended its duties until it became in functio
It was originally created as a Marine Hospital service, for the purpose of providing medical care for sick and disabled seamen. It was established by an act of congress, signed by president 16, johnon july adams on july 16, 1978. The service was originally supported by a tax on american merchant seamen, but this was later abolished. The tax was collected by the collector of the customs of the treasury department. The Marine Hospital service came under the jurisdiction of that department, where it remains today. The first Marine Hospital in norfolk, virginia, was purchased. The second was built in boston, massachusetts. Some medical personnel were utilized by both the union and the confederacy for the care of wounded military forces. It frequently happened that medical officers of the early Marine Hospitals were the first physicians to diagnose diseases such as cholera and smallpox, which seriously endangered the Public Health at ports of entry. As time went on, the work of the service
We are very happy to have megan here with a new book, their three quarter, the union the confederacy native peoples in the site for the west. This is an engrossing narrative account which shows the civil war, the indian wars, and western expansion, were all interconnected. The 1860s were truly at times, National Conflict which involve not only the more pleasant south but also the american west. Her primary Source Research involved letters and diaries, military records and oral histories and photographs and maps from that time and nestor i specifically about nine individuals who worked towards it selfdetermination and fight for control of the region. Some of these people are generally well known to us like frontier carson. Others, like wanting to a navajo late weaver who is now, their stories were lost in history until now. And noticing under their stories show the importance of individual actions even in the midst of a larger military conflict. In the book learning start reviewing Libr
Government. Good afternoon, everyone. How are you all doing . Our topic for today is the second part of our civil war content for this semester. And i want to talk today about Economic Policy and social events that are tied to the economy. I have kind of titled this, feeding the confederacy. We will focus most of our attention on the Confederate States and we will talk about the crucial issue of how you make sure that your soldiers and your civilians have enough to eat over the course of the war. There are two key ironies of this confederate experience for me. And that historians who study the confederacy really point to. One is that the Confederate States of america is a predominantly agricultural nation. We have talked about this before. The vast majority of the population in the union and the confederacy are people who live on farms. But especially in the Confederate States. We are dealing with a population that is overwhelmingly people who live on farms. And yet they will struggle
Narrator the United States Public Health service, as it exists today, is a product of experience extending over nearly 150 years. It was originally created as a Marine Hospital service for the providing medical care for sick and disabled seamen. It was activated in an active congress signed by president john adams in 1798. The service was originally supported by a tax on american merchant seamen, but this was later abolished. The tax was collected by the collector of the customs of the treasury department. The Marine Hospital service came under the jurisdiction of that department, where it remains today. The first Marine Hospital in virginia, was purchased. The second built in boston, massachusetts. Some medical personnel were utilized by both the union and the confederacy for the care of wounded military forces. It frequently happened that medical officers of the early Marine Hospitals were the first physicians to diagnose diseases such as cholera and smallpox, which endangered ports