Marshak, M. I., Dr.

Abstract Dr. Philip Hillkowitz sits at the head of a table in a captain's army uniform at the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (JCRS) offices. Hillkowitz resigned from his position at the JCRS to serve as a physician in World War I. From left to right around the table are the following people: I. Rude, Vice President; Professor Nahum Slousch; Dr. C. D. Spivak, Secretary; Louis Robinson, chairman agricultural committee; H. H. Frumess, chairman auditing committee; Captain Philip Hillkowitz, JCRS...

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Letter from Alexander Cowen of the Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company requesting a death certificate for Harry C. Steiner (Hyman Steiner). Letter states the company cannot pay the claim until they receive the death certificate.

Abstract Letter from C.D. Spivak to M. I. Marshak. Marshak thanks Spivak for supplying a list of patients for discharge. Marshak considers each case and starts with M. Dresso and states that it would be cruel to send him a letter that he should leave since he is bedridden, poor, and has no home. Marshak then mentions J. Patt’s case and states the same thing as Dresso’s case by letting him stay at the sanatorium because he is without means. Marshak tells Spivak that R. Festenstein, Esther Shapiro, and...

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Letter from M. Marshak to C.D. Spivak. Marshak tells Spivak that he recommends Schwartz for discharge because she has been a nuisance to the other patients and nurses.

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Letter from M. Marshak to C.D. Spivak. Marshak tells Spivak that Schwartz was discharged from the sanatorium after being there for five years. Marshak continues to say that Schwartz is in a far advanced stage of tuberculosis and highly neurotic. Her symptoms occurred from her hysteria. Marshak states that Schwartz’s conduct was also very poor and disturbing at the sanatorium.