Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (U.S.)
Organization
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Patients on a Sun Deck at the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society, between 1940-1950
Item
Identifier: B063.03.0019.00046
Abstract
Patients laying in beds and seated in chairs on a sun deck of the Texas Pavilion for Women Building at the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (JCRS). The JCRS was a sanatorium for tuberculosis patients that was founded in 1904 by a group of immigrant Jewish workingmen along with the support of several leading physicians and rabbis in Denver, Colorado. It was located on West Colfax Avenue just outside Denver.
Dates:
between 1940-1950
Patients Undergoing Heliotherapy at the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society, between 1920-1940
Item
Identifier: B063.03.0035.00087
Abstract
Unidentified tuberculosis patients undergoing heliotherapy at the Main Medical Building of the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (JCRS). Fresh air and sunshine were popular treatments for tuberculosis and patients were encouraged to spend time outside. The JCRS was a sanatorium for tuberculosis patients that was founded in 1904 by a group of immigrant Jewish workingmen along with the support of several leading physicians and rabbis in Denver, Colorado. The sanatorium was located on West...
Dates:
between 1920-1940