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| 1730 || Antecedent || A federal role in public health begins when [[wikipedia:pennsylvania|Pennsylvania]] starts collection of money to support medical treatment of sailors in hospitals.<ref name="A federal role begins">{{cite web|url=https://www.nlm.nih.gov/exhibition/nih_origins/federal.html|title=A federal role begins|website=nih.gov|accessdate=21 March 2017}}</ref> || [[wikipedia:pennsylvania|Pennsylvania]]
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| 1797 || Antecedent || In July, the first medical journal is published in the United States. ''The Medical Repository'' is the precursor of 249 private medical journals that would be printed in principal American cities between 1800 and 1850, informing the public on progress in the health field and giving physicians a chance to tell of their own and of European researches and observations.<ref name="A federal role begins"/> ||
| 1798 || Antecedent || United States president [[wikipedia:John Adams|John Adams]] signs the first Federal public health law, "An act for the relief of sick and disabled Seamen."<ref name="A federal role begins"/> ||
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| 1887 || Foundation || A one-room laboratory is created as an experiment within the Marine Hospital Service (MHS), which is charged with preventing people with cholera, yellow fever, and other diseases from entering the United States.<ref name="Encyclopedia of Epidemiology"/><ref>{{cite web|title=History|url=https://www.nih.gov/about-nih/who-we-are/history|website=nih.gov|accessdate=20 March 2017}}</ref> [[wikipedia:Joseph J. Kinyoun|Joseph J. Kinyoun]], M.D. becomes its director.<ref name="NIH Directors">{{cite web|url=https://www.nih.gov/about-nih/what-we-do/nih-almanac/nih-directors|title=NIH Directors|website=nih.gov|accessdate=21 March 2017}}</ref> || [[wikipedia:Staten Island|Staten Island]], [[wikipedia:New York City|New York City]]<ref name="Encyclopedia of Epidemiology"/>
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| 1891 || Reform || The laboratory is renamed [[wikipedia:Hygienic Laboratory|Hygienic Laboratory]] and moves to Washington, D.C.<ref name="History of Ophthalmology: Sub auspiciis Academiae Ophthalmologicae Internationalis">{{cite book|title=History of Ophthalmology: Sub auspiciis Academiae Ophthalmologicae Internationalis|edition=Daniel M. Albert|url=https://books.google.com.ar/books?id=3LqLBQAAQBAJ&pg=PA130&lpg=PA130&dq=%22hygienic+laboratory%22+%22in+1888..1905%22+%22joseph+kinyoun%22&source=bl&ots=QR9PZ22fsa&sig=JGhZ0beGpDN5pui7o7RS7-CNb74&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjSk6XxveXSAhUCjJAKHW2RAEoQ6AEIMDAE#v=onepage&q=%22hygienic%20laboratory%22%20%22in%201888..1905%22%20%22joseph%20kinyoun%22&f=false|accessdate=20 March 2017}}</ref> || [[wikipedia:Washington, D.C.|Washington, D.C.]]
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| 1899 (May) || Administration || Milton Joseph Rosenau, M.D. succeeds Joseph J. Kinyoun as director of the Hygienic Laboratory. In office until September 1909.<ref name="NIH Directors"/> ||
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