<P> In 1798 , Congress established the Marine Hospital Fund , a network of hospitals that cared for sick and disabled seamen . The Marine Hospital Fund was reorganized along military lines in 1870 and became the Marine Hospital Service -- predecessor to today 's United States Public Health Service . The service became a separate bureau of the Treasury Department with its own staff , administration , headquarters in Washington , D.C , and the position of Supervising Surgeon ( later Surgeon General ) . </P>
<P> In 1798 , Congress established the Marine Hospital Fund , a network of hospitals that cared for sick and disabled seamen . The Marine Hospital Fund was reorganized along military lines in 1870 and became the Marine Hospital Service -- predecessor to today 's United States Public Health Service . The service became a separate bureau of the Treasury Department with its own staff , administration , headquarters in Washington , D.C , and the position of Supervising Surgeon ( later Surgeon General ) . </P>
when was the surgeon general created in the united states
when was the surgeon general created in the united states
in 1870
in 1870