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Schwatt, Herman, 1878-1935

 Person

Biography

Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (JCRS) physician and director. Second husband of May Arno Charsky, who was the sister of Jennie Charsky Spivak and sister-in-law of Dr. Charles Spivak. Was born in Mitau, Latvia on Oct. 18, 1878; came to JCRS in 1910 as Superintendent of the JCRS Sanatorium. (See Sanatorium, v.4, numbers 4 & 5 (July-Oct. 1910)). Died in 1935.

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Letter from H. Schwatt to C.D. Spivak, 1914 February 27

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Identifier: B002.01.0104.0146.00030
Abstract Letter from H. Schwatt to C.D. Spivak with Spivak's response typed at the bottom of the letter. Schwatt tells Spivak that Mrs. Rosche Schwartz was admitted on September 9, 1911. Schwartz does not run a temperature and suffers mostly from neurasthenic symptoms. Schwatt tells Spivak that he believes Rosche would be better living with family in Oregon and that her health insurance would give her another ten or twenty years to live. Spivak's response is typed underneath Schwatt’s letter and he...
Dates: 1914 February 27