Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (U.S.)
Found in 33 Collections and/or Records:
Patients on a Sun Deck at the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society, between 1940-1950
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.
Patients Undergoing Heliotherapy at the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society, between 1920-1940
Physician and Nurse with Patient at the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society, between 1930-1940
A physician and nurse with a patient who is in bed 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. The sanatorium was located on West Colfax Avenue just outside of Denver.
Physicians and Nurses of the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society, between 1920-1927
Dr. Philip Hillkowitz, Dr. C. D. Spivak, Dr. Isidor Bronfin, and Louis Robinson stand with a group of unidentified doctors and nurses 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. Dr. Hillkowitz is in the top row, center.
Physiotherapy Department at the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society, between 1920-1960
Entrance to the Max Straus Physiotherapy Department, on the campus of the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (JCRS). An unidentified female nurse is pushing an unidentified male patient through the entrance. 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 Colfax Avenue just outside of Denver.
Portrait of Anna Naswitz of the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society, 1939 June 6
Anna Naswitz, head nurse of 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. Anna Naswitz was often considered the ''dynamic angel of mercy.''
Sheep Being Fed by a Nurse at the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society, 1947
Spinal Tuberculosis Patient at the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society, 1942 February 18
A female patient who has Spinal Tuberculosis at the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (JCRS). The patient is in a cast and unable to raise her head. She uses a mirror above her bed to see throughout the room. 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 Colfax Avenue just outside of Denver.
Sterilization Room at the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society, circa 1917
The sterilization room at the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (JCRS). An unidentified nurse stands near one of the autoclaves. 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 of Denver.
Two Unidentified Men Enter the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society, between 1940-1965
Two unidentified men walk into the front entrance of a building on the campus of the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (JCRS). A nurse holds open the door and one man holds a suitcase. The JCRS was a sanatorium for tuberculosis patients that was founded in 1904 by a group of immigrant Jewish working men along with the support of several leading physicians and rabbis in Denver, Colorado. It was located on West Colfax Avenue just outside of Denver.