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Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society Records
Collection
Identifier: B002
Abstract
The Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society was known as the JCRS and was founded in Denver, Colorado in 1904 as a non-sectarian sanatorium to treat tuberculosis (TB) patients, free of charge, in all stages of the disease. The society was one of the leading tuberculosis sanatoria in the country at the turn of the century founded by a group of immigrant Eastern European Jewish men, many of whom were themselves victims of TB. Headed by Dr. Charles Spivak as Secretary (1904-1927) and by Dr....
Dates:
1897-1989; Majority of material found within 1904-1973
Found in:
Special Collections and Archives
National Jewish Hospital Records
Collection
Identifier: B005
Abstract
In 1899, the Jewish community erected the non-sectarian National Jewish Hospital for Consumptives (NJH), the first sanatorium in Denver, Colorado, for tuberculosis victims. With the financial assistance of the International B'nai B'rith fraternal organization, patients from all over the U.S. were admitted free of charge. The NJH adopted a program that emphasized the benefits of fresh air, proper nutrition, and rest. The hospital was founded by a group of Jewish residents of Denver who were...
Dates:
1892-2017
Found in:
Special Collections and Archives
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- Subject: Tuberculosis -- Patients X
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- Asthma -- Treatment 1
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- Europe, Eastern -- Emigration and immigration 1
- Hospitals -- Colorado -- Denver 1
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- Medical research personnel 1
- Patient records 1
- Sanatoriums -- Colorado -- Denver 1
- Tuberculosis -- Hospitals -- Denver (Colo.) 1
- Tuberculosis in children 1
- United States -- Emigration and immigration 1 ∧ less
- Names
- Friedman, William S., Rabbi, 1868-1944 1
- Grabfelder, Samuel, d.1920 1
- Hillkowitz, Philip, 1873-1948 1
- Jacobs, Frances Wisebart, 1843-1892 1
- Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (U.S.) 1
- National Jewish Center for Immunology and Respiratory Medicine (U.S.) 1
- National Jewish Health (U.S.) 1
- National Jewish Hospital (U.S.) 1
- National Jewish Hospital and Research Center (U.S.) 1
- National Jewish Hospital and Research Center/National Asthma Center (U.S.) 1
- National Jewish Hospital for Consumptives (U.S.) 1
- National Jewish Medical and Research Center (U.S.) 1
- Pisko, Seraphine Eppstein, 1861-1942 1
- Spivak, C. D. (Charles D.), 1861-1927 1 ∧ less
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