U. S. Marine Hospital

June 2, 2018 By in Baltimore City, Hospitals

Founded: Founded 1799.
Location: Remington Ave. and 31st St. (1887), Baltimore, MD

Images

Marine Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland. Private collection.

Marine Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland. Private collection.
U.S. Marine Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland. Personnel- Hospital Staff. Images from the History of Medicine Collection, Order No. A010393. National Library of Medicine, History of Medicine Division

U.S. Marine Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland. Personnel- Hospital Staff. Images from the History of Medicine Collection, Order No. A010393. National Library of Medicine, History of Medicine Division
U.S. Marine Hospital, General View. Images from the History of Medicine Collection, Order No. A010389. National Library of Medicine, History of Medicine Division

U.S. Marine Hospital, General View. Images from the History of Medicine Collection, Order No. A010389. National Library of Medicine, History of Medicine Division
U.S. Marine Hospital, General View. Images from the History of Medicine Collection, Order No. A010391. National Library of Medicine, History of Medicine Division

U.S. Marine Hospital, General View. Images from the History of Medicine Collection, Order No. A010391. National Library of Medicine, History of Medicine Division
U.S. Marine Hospital, Entrance to Building. Images from the History of Medicine Collection, Order No. A010390. National Library of Medicine, History of Medicine Division

U.S. Marine Hospital, Entrance to Building. Images from the History of Medicine Collection, Order No. A010390. National Library of Medicine, History of Medicine Division
U.S. Marine Hospital, Architect's Drawing. Images from the History of Medicine Collection, Order No. A026883. National Library of Medicine, History of Medicine Division

U.S. Marine Hospital, Architect’s Drawing. Images from the History of Medicine Collection, Order No. A026883. National Library of Medicine, History of Medicine Division
U.S. Marine Hospital, Personnel: Hospital Staff. Images from the History of Medicine Collection, Order No. A010392. National Library of Medicine, History of Medicine Division

U.S. Marine Hospital, Personnel: Hospital Staff. Images from the History of Medicine Collection, Order No. A010392. National Library of Medicine, History of Medicine Division
U.S. Marine Hospital, Personnel: Nurses. Images from the History of Medicine Collection, Order No. A010394. National Library of Medicine, History of Medicine Division

U.S. Marine Hospital, Personnel: Nurses. Images from the History of Medicine Collection, Order No. A010394. National Library of Medicine, History of Medicine Division
  • See: Marine Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland. Private collection.
  • See: [Two nurses on the steps to the U.S. Marine Hospital in Baltimore]. Images from the History of Medicine Collection, Order No. A018394. National Library of Medicine, History of Medicine Division

Additional Information

  • Dates: 1901
    Notes: (1799) A bureau of the Treasury Department. Hospital on Remington Ave. Object.–To care for ill American sailors. Only those who have served as sailors on an American registered vessel for at least 60 days prior to application are strictly eligible, but any bona fide sailor taken sick or injured in the line of duty will receive attention. Admission.–Apply at surgeon’s office, Custom House, Saturdays, 9 a.m. to 12 m., other week days 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.; C&P telephone, St. Paul 1457; in emergency cases at other times, apply to Hospital. Ambulance in attendance. Supported by the Government.
    Source: Charity Organization Society, Directory of the Charitable and Beneficent Organizations of Baltimore together with Legal Suggestions, Etc. Baltimore: : 42
  • Dates: 1901
    Notes: The following hospitals have ambulances for the conveyance of sick persons to the hospital named in the title:The City Hospital, Calvert and Saratoga Sts.
    Johns Hopkins Hospital, Broadway and McElderry St.
    The Maryland General Hospital, Linden Ave. and Madison St.
    The Maryland University Hospital, Greene and Lombard Sts.
    St. Joseph’s Hospital, Caroline and Hoffman Sts.
    The Health Department, City Hall Annex, has a ambulance to convey cases of contagious disease to the Quarantine Hospital.
    The Supervisors of City Charities have contracted with the following hospitals for the conveyance of city patients: Maryland General, Maryland University, City Hospital, St. Joseph’s, and Homeopathic.
    United States Marine Hospital Service has an ambulance which conveys sick sailors to the hospital.Source: Charity Organization Society, Directory of the Charitable and Beneficent Organizations of Baltimore together with Legal Suggestions, Etc. Baltimore: : 46
  • Dates: 1901
    Notes: UNITED STATES MARINE HOSPITAL, Remington Ave. C&P telephone, Madison 268. The Maryland Hospital of United States Marine Hospital Service. Object.– For sick or injured sailors of American registered vessels, who have served for at least 60 days prior to application. Admission. — Apply at surgeon’s office, at Custom House, Saturdays, 9 a.m. to 1 m., other week days, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.; in emergency cases, at other times, apply to Hospital Ambulance in attendance.A bureau of the Treasury Department, organized in 1799 to encourage shipment of American sailors, supported by the government. In Baltimore had wards in St. Joseph’s Hospital until the new special hospital was opened.
    Source: Charity Organization Society, Directory of the Charitable and Beneficent Organizations of Baltimore together with Legal Suggestions, Etc. Baltimore: : 49