[Organization and establishment of naval hospitals in XVIII century].
In XVIII century naval hospitals were medical-prophylactic institutions with fixed number of employees. Number of employees and rate of salary were established in accordance with regular schedules. These schedules could be changed within the limits of restruction of Navy. There was strict division of labour in home hospitals. Each employee was responsible for the task put for him/her. Strict division of official duties excluded parallelism during the work and provides unity of action. Naval hospitals of XVIII century had double subordination. On the one hand hospitals subordinated to Medical office (now Medical board), on the other hand to the Admiralty-board, exactly to its commissariat expedition occupied with provisions and kit supply. Administration of hospitals was based on vertical hierarchy and had centralized character.
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