Hygienic Laboratory

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Hygienic Laboratory was the early federal biomedical research facility that evolved into what is now the National Institutes of Health (NIH).


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Predicate Object
instanceOf biomedical research laboratory
federal research institution
contributedTo advancement of public health microbiology in the United States
development of federal biomedical research infrastructure
country United States of America
dissolvedInto National Institute of Health
dissolvedOrAbolished 1930
employerOf U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps officers
fieldOfWork bacteriology
biological standardization
biomedical research
infectious diseases
public health
vaccine development
foundedBy U.S. Marine Hospital Service
U.S. Public Health and Marine Hospital Service
hasSuccessor National Institute of Health
National Institutes of Health
historicalSignificance earliest permanent federal biomedical research facility in the United States
inception late 19th century
inceptionApproximate 1887
jurisdiction U.S. Department of the Treasury (historical)
U.S. Public Health Service (historical)
U.S. Treasury Department’s Marine Hospital Service (historical)
legacy evolution into the National Institutes of Health
legalBasis U.S. federal public health legislation
locatedIn United States Capitol complex
Washington, D.C.
namedAfter hygiene
notableRole early federal biomedical research in the United States
foundation for the modern National Institutes of Health
operatedBy U.S. federal government
ownedBy United States government
partOf U.S. Public Health Service
federal public health infrastructure of the United States
predecessorOf National Institutes of Health
modern intramural research programs of the NIH
primaryObjective development and testing of vaccines and antitoxins
improvement of public health
scientific investigation of infectious diseases
standardization of biological products
researchFocus bacterial pathogens
biological product safety
epidemic diseases
status defunct
typeOfInstitution government research laboratory

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Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
National Institutes of Health
formerName

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