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Disease Control and Prevention


The Public Health Service quarantine boarding launch "Walter Wyman" in New York City harbor. Walter Wyman was Surgeon General of the Public Health Service from 1891 to 1911 and among his many accomplishments was the development of the national maritime quarantine system.

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