Tuberculosis
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Dr. Otto Einstein, 1933-1991
Contains article by Tanja Britton about Dr. Otto Einstein who escaped from Nazi Germany in 1939. He and his wife joined their eldest son Dr. Robert Einstein in Denver and then moved to Colorado Springs. He was a pediatrician in Germany, but became a tuberculosis specialist, first at National Jewish Hospital and then at Cragmor Sanitorium. At Cragmor, he treated Navajo women from Arizona who had contracted tuberculosis. Dr. Otto Einstein was a third cousin of Albert Einstein.
Exterior of the first National Jewish Hospital building (The Frances Jacobs Hospital), circa 1895
Exterior shot features a sign over the top front porch, which reads, "The Frances Jacobs Hospital". The name was changed to National Jewish Hospital in 1899. Two men (unidentified) stand in front of the building.
Juvenile male patients posed in the garden at National Jewish Hospital for Consumptives, circa 1907
Two young men stand on either side of garden foliage in the garden of the National Jewish Hospital for Consumptives, Denver, Colo., founded in 1899. In 1907 the name of the hospital changed to the National Asthma Center. It later became the Children's Asthma Research Institute and Hospital, National Jewish Hospital/National Asthma Center (1978), and National Jewish Center for Immunology and Respiratory Medicine (1985).
Male patient playing the violin for other patients in National Jewish Hospital for Consumptives, Denver, Colo., circa 1907
A male patient sits in a tent playing a violin while male and female sanatorium patients look on. The hospital was founded in 1899. In 1907, the name of the hospital changed to the National Asthma Center. It later became the Children's Asthma Research Institute and Hospital, National Jewish Hospital/National Asthma Center(1978), and National Jewish Center for Immunology and Respiratory Medicine(1985).