Therapeutics, Cutaneous and external
Found in 9 Collections and/or Records:
Child Receiving Sun Treatment at the National Home for Jewish Children at Denver, 1931
Reuben Levine as a young boy, sitting in a bed while receiving sun treatment. Reuben was in the care of the National Home for Jewish Children at Denver, which later became part of the National Jewish Hospital.
Heliotherapy at the Jewish Consumptive Relief Society (JCRS), circa 1930
Male patients receiving heliotherapy lay in beds pushed out on the verandahs of the Main Building for Men 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 of Denver.
Heliotherapy at the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society, between 1922-1930
Male patients undergoing heliotherapy on the verandahs of the Medical 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. The sanatorium was located on West Colfax Avenue just outside of Denver.
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 1922-1930
Patients Undergoing Heliotherapy at the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society, between 1920-1940
Patients Undergoing Heliotherapy at the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society, between 1920-1940
Patients lay in beds pushed out on the porches of the New York Building of the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society for sun heliotherapy treatment for tuberculosis. 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.
Patients Undergoing Heliotherapy at the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society, between 1920-1940
Ward at the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society, between 1922-1930
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.