Abstract
It is a great privilege, in response to the invitation of our President and in the presence of a great audience such as always characterizes our general meetings, to say a word for the United States Public Health and Marine-Hospital Service—a service that had its origin in 1798 and has slowly but steadily grown, as grows the tree, by putting out from time to time twigs of new duties which have developed into strong branches of public service, until it has reached its present sturdy growth, secure from any casual uprooting, and still growing. Its three hundred or more medical officers may be found in every prominent port on the seacoast, from Maine to Alaska, and on our great lakes and rivers; on the Isthmus of Panama, in Porto Rico, Hawaii and the Philippines; in Canada, British Columbia, Japan, China, India and in Europe. In the United States you will
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