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Jewish physicians -- Colorado -- Denver

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 7 Collections and/or Records:

Dr. Emanuel Friedman Papers

 Collection
Identifier: B288
Abstract Dr. Emanuel Friedman came to Colorado in the late 19th century when he was diagnosed with tuberculosis. He graduated from Denver's Gross Medical College in 1904. After recovering his health, he opened his office on West Colfax Avenue in the immigrant Jewish community and became one of Denver's first pediatricians. He also served on the medical staff at National Jewish Hospital (NJH) and the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (JCRS). The collection consists of copies of photographs of...
Dates: 1900-1975

Dr. Haskell Cohen, c.1955

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Identifier: B005.07.0238.0003
Abstract

One (1) 8x10 black and white photograph of Dr. Haskell Cohen, chairman of the medical advisory board of National Jewish Health.

Dates: c.1955

Dr. Maurice Cohen, c.1955

 File
Identifier: B005.07.0238.0006
Abstract

One (1) black and white 8x10 photograph of Dr. Maurice Cohen National Jewish Hospital Chief Research Chemist in what appears to be his lab doing experiments. One (1) black and white large format negative of same photo.

Dates: c.1955

Isidor Bronfin, M.D. Papers

 Collection
Identifier: B174
Abstract Isidor D. Bronfin was born in 1886 in Russia and migrated to the United States in 1902. He earned a medical degree from the University of the State of New York in 1911--the same year that he became a U.S. citizen. Bronfin was a noted authority on tuberculosis treatment and authored several publications on the topic. Within the Colorado medical community and at the national level, he served in a number of leadership roles including medical director of the Jewish Consumptives' Relief...
Dates: 1911-1939

John Elsner, M.D. Papers

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Identifier: B186
Abstract Dr. John Elsner was born in Vienna on May 4, 1844 and came to America with his family after the failed Hungarian Revolution in 1948. Elsner graduated from the New York Eye and Ear Infirmary and in 1866 he graduated from the Bellevue Hospital Medical College in New York. He joined a wagon train crossing the plains to Colorado in 1866. Dr. Elsner was Denver's first Jewish physician. He was appointed as county physician in 1870 and was a prime mover in the establishment of Denver's first...
Dates: 1869-1995

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

Robert Levy Papers

 Collection
Identifier: B372
Abstract Dr. Robert Levy (1864-1945) began attending the University of Denver in 1880. Most of the signatures in the autograph album date from when he was a student at the university. He started practicing medicine in Denver in 1884 after training at Bellevue Hospital. He helped found National Jewish Hospital and Gross Medical College. He served as president of the Denver and Colorado medical societies. Publications in the collection by Dr. Levy are on medical education and on the effect of climate...
Dates: 1881-1945