ORGANIZATION OF MANAGEMENT OF NAVAL HOSPITALS IN THE XIXTH CENTURY

The paper presents the results of analysis of guideline documents that regulate the actions of naval hospitals in the XIXth century. First off, these papers are Regulations developed to control all fields of actions: duties of officials, regulations on reception and discharge of patients, organization of duty shifts, rules of patient conduct, and even fire safety measures. The paper represents principles of the organization of management of naval hospitals, results of the study of subordination of officials in a hospital and to a higher command. The data obtained in the analysis testify the increasing role of medical personnel in the management of the hospital actions throughout. At the same time, it was found that the literature presented a wrong belief about the full subordination of medical officers to a drill command. In particular, the Regulations on essential naval hospitals introduced by order of Emperor Nickolas I were sharply criticized. In further, the matters of hospital management were reflected in the Regulations of naval hospitals of 1858 and 1865. These Regulations defined the statement that the chief doctor was the one director of the hospital, hospital superintendent reported to him directly. The Regulations on naval hospitals of 1887 studied the questions of hospital management as well as common questions of administration of naval medical support. The research rationale is determined by the present work on revising the main guideline documents that regulate the actions of medical support. A historical analysis of such work conducted earlier will allow to except possible errors while attempting to introduce amendments in guideline documents that failed to stand the test of time.