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.ÿþno blueprint for the new nation 25Figure 2.4cluded primarily the Treasury Department and the Patent OfficeU.S.custom house, Newbuilding, Mills continued to write to Secretary Woodbury offering hisBedford, Massachusetts,services on marine hospitals.Woodbury fended off these requests1833 1836, Robert Mills.but, as already described, did refer to Mills the matter of Ammi B.Courtesy NationalYoung s request to embark on a European trip.Archives.Early Marine HospitalsForerunner of the Public Health Service hospitals, the marine hospi-tals resulted from the 1789 legislation that was intended to providetemporary medical assistance for  officers, seamen and marines ofthe navy of the United States, and masters, marines and seamen em-ployed in private and merchant vessels. 39 This care was financedthrough the collection of duties on the wages earned by all potentialbeneficiaries of the program.At first, the fund covered the cost oftemporary care in local private hospitals and with local physicianswho also served the general population.Later, marine hospitals were [ Pobierz caÅ‚ość w formacie PDF ]