Revised regulations for the government of the United States Marine-Hospital Service : approved May 20, 1889.
- Marine Hospital Service
- Date:
- 1889
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Revised regulations for the government of the United States Marine-Hospital Service : approved May 20, 1889. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![marine-hospital fund. Medical officers will also, upon the application of the proper officers, examine enlisted men and persons desiring to enlist in the Revenue- Marine, Life-Saving, Coast-Survey, and Light-House Services, or to instruct them in the mode of resuscita- ting persons apparently drowned. No fee will be charged for this service. Examinatimisto gg. Mcdical inspections of seamen, with reference to bt) mu<u‘ at ofnce«. ^ ’ their fitness for service, will be made only at the respect- ive marine-hospital offices, except at certain stations where the vSccrctary of the Treasury may authorize such examinations to be made elsewhere in special cases. ciiargw'i'' 9°’ charged by any medical officer of the Marine-Hospital Service for the medical inspection of any American seaman or for making a certificate as to his physical condition. Color-biincinowi gi. Whcn rcouested by the local inspectors of steam- anJ viiuol tests. ^ , vessels or other proper officers, medical officers and act- ing assistant surgeons will examine applicants for pilot’s license as to acuteness of hearing, color-blindness, and • general visual capacity, and will give a certificate accord- ingly. SANIT.\RY nUTII'.S. To aid in qtmr- Q2. It shall bc the duty of the medical officers of the nntine restmiut^s. ]yj^rinc-Hospital wScrvicc to cnforcc the national quaran- ^ April 20, rules and regulations; but no additional compensa- tion shall be allowed said officers by reason of such serv- ice as they may be required to perform under this act, except actual and necessary traveling expenses. To coinpiy with g^_ Medical officers and acting assistant surgeons ■will inform themselves fully as to the local health laws, and the regulations based thereon, and in force at their re- spective ports and stations, and will comply strictly therewith. To rc,H.rt prei- 94. Medical officers and acting assistant surgeons will onceofopideniics. fto the Supervising Surgeon-General any important event or fact that may come to their knowl- edge bearing upon the importation, outbreak, or spread of cholera, yellow fever, small-pox, typhus, or other epi- demic disease, at or near their respective stations, and will use the telegraph, if necessary. To viicciiiatc 92 Upon the outbreak of epidemic small-pox atoi near a relief-station, medical officers and acting assistant sur- geons will vaccinate such seamen as may come to the marine-hospital office for the purpose; and officers arc authorized, at all times, to visit vessels to examine and](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b28716097_0034.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
