- The
United States Sanitary Commission (USSC) was a
private relief agency created by
federal legislation on June 18, 1861, to
support sick and wounded...
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faculty holding overlapping positions between the institutions. The
Sanitary Commission for the
Eradication of
Hookworm Disease was a Rockefeller-funded...
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upstate New York, and the
National Park system. As head of the U.S.
Sanitary Commission, he also pla**** a
major role in
organizing and
providing medical...
- by
making improvements in
hygiene herself, or by
calling for the
Sanitary Commission. For example,
Nightingale implemented handwashing in the hospital...
- Boston, Chicago, and Milwaukee, or in
conjunction with the U.S.
Sanitary Commission in 25
other cities. The
Boston home
closed in 1869, the Philadelphia...
- The
Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission (WSSC Water) is a bi-county
political subdivision of the
State of
Maryland that
provides safe
drinking water...
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enlarged United States Army
Medical Department, and the
United States Sanitary Commission, a new
private agency.
Numerous other new
agencies also targeted...
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Frederick Law Olmsted, the
executive director of the
United States Sanitary Commission, set up a
system of
hospital ships for
wounded and sick soldiers...
- The
Western Sanitary Commission was a
private agency based in St.
Louis that was a
rival of the
larger U.S.
Sanitary Commission. It
operated in the west...
- U.S.
Sanitary Commission. This 1864
diagram was
entitled "Diagram
illustrating the
working organization of the
United States Sanitary Commission." In...
