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United States. Public Health and Marine Hospital Service
A U.S. government health service rather than a single person, this name belongs to the organization that grew from caring for sick and injured seamen into a major force in American public health. Its publications capture an era when quarantine, epidemic control, and federal health policy were taking shape.
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The rat and its relation to the public health
by United States. Public Health and Marine Hospital Service
About the author
The United States Public Health and Marine Hospital Service is a corporate government author, not an individual writer. It was the name used in the early 1900s for the federal service that developed out of the older Marine Hospital Service, which had originally been created to care for merchant seamen.
Over time, the agency's work expanded far beyond marine hospitals. It took on quarantine, disease control, sanitation, and other national public health responsibilities, and it eventually became the U.S. Public Health Service. Books and reports issued under this author name often reflect that transition, combining medical observation, public health policy, and practical guidance from a formative period in U.S. health history.
Because this is an institution rather than a person, there is no single author portrait to use.