Sun-baths
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 12 Collections and/or Records:
Solarium, between 1920-1929
Item
Identifier: B063.03.0036.00054.00004
Abstract
Exterior view of the Solarium at the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (JCRS), which featured windows on all sides to allow sunlight and fresh air for patients inside where patients would undergo heliotherapy. In the 1920s, heliotherapy was considered therapeutic for tuberculosis patients. 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....
Dates:
between 1920-1929
Ward at the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society, between 1922-1930
Item
Identifier: B002.04.0216.0031.00001
Abstract
A ward for patients at the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (JCRS). The doors and windows are open to allow patients to receive the benefits of fresh air and sunshine even while being indoors. 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.
Dates:
between 1922-1930