Tuberculosis
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Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 5615 Collections and/or Records:
Early Tent Laboratory and Dispensary at the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society, 1905
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Identifier: B002.04.0215.0034.00001
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A medical services tent at the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (JCRS) Sanatorium near Edgewater, just west of Denver, Colorado, was dedicated on March 26, 1905. A sign on the door reads: ''Laboratory and Dispensary.'' The sign over the door reads: ''Minsker Independent Benevolent Ass'n. New York City.'' The sign to the right of the door reads: 'This tent erected and furnished by the Minsker Independent Benevolent Association of New York.'' Early patients and staff were housed in Tucker...
Dates:
1905
Early View of the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society's Campus, circa 1906
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Identifier: B063.03.0003.00079
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Cottage tents and first brick building on the campus of 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.
Dates:
circa 1906
Eatless Banquet in Honor of Captain Hillkowitz, 1918 July
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Identifier: B002.04.0345.0001.00001
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Dr. Philip Hillkowitz sits at the head of a table in a captain's army uniform at the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (JCRS) offices. Hillkowitz resigned from his position at the JCRS to serve as a physician in World War I. From left to right around the table are the following people: I. Rude, Vice President; Professor Nahum Slousch; Dr. C. D. Spivak, Secretary; Louis Robinson, chairman agricultural committee; H. H. Frumess, chairman auditing committee; Captain Philip Hillkowitz, JCRS...
Dates:
1918 July
Editorial for the Intermountain Jewish News: An Investment that Brings Big Dividends by Mrs. J. N. Lorber, President, National Home for Jewish Children at Denver, 1932 September 29
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Identifier: B089.02.0005.0001.00007
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Editorial written for the Intermountain Jewish News outlining the benefits that the National Home for Jewish Children at Denver provides. Lorber was President of the National Home for Jewish Children at Denver.
Dates:
1932 September 29
Eighteenth Annual Report of the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society, 1922
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Identifier: B002.05.01.0199.0017.00001
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Report of the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (JCRS) annual operations and finances for the period beginning January 1, 1921, and ending December 31, 1921; Dr. Philip Hillkowitz was the Society's President, and C.D. Spivak was the Secretary. Includes statistical data about patients for 1904-1921 and a list of donors. Most of the report consists of an obituary and memorial for Dr. O. M. Shere, 1878-1922. Also includes a portrait of O. M. Shere, who was chairman of the JCRS Medical...
Dates:
1922
Eighth Annual Report, 1911, 1912
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Identifier: B002.05.01.0199.0008.00001
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Report of the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (JCRS) annual meeting on November 10-12, 1912, and its operations and finances for the period beginning January 1, 1911, and ending December 31, 1911; Dr. Philip Hillkowitz was the Society's President, and C.D. Spivak was the Secretary. The Secretary's report indicates that 269 patients were treated in 1911, and includes data about patients treated from 1904-1911. Includes images of the facility, statistical data about the patients (including...
Dates:
1912
Eleventh and Twelfth Annual Reports for the Years 1914-1915, 1916
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Identifier: B002.05.01.0199.0011.00001
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Reports issued in combined form for the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (JCRS) annual meetings on May 20, 1915 and April 23, 1916; Dr. Philip Hillkowitz was the Society's President, and C.D. Spivak the Secretary. The Secretary's report indicated that 2,451 patients were treated from September 8, 1904 to December 31, 1915. Includes summaries of expenditures, portraits of national officers, and a list of all subscribers and donors. Published as Volume 10, Number 3 and 4 (July-September and...
Dates:
1916
Elizabeth and Frederick Epstein, 2004 March 2
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Identifier: B111.03.0003.0010
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Elizabeth Antonofsky [Anthony] Epstein (1871-1938) was born in Kiev, Russia. Her family moved to New York, where she met Frederick Epstein (1865-1931), originally of Lithuania. The couple moved to Colorado for Fredrick's tuberculosis, and they settled in East Denver where he worked as an insurance salesman. They had two sons, Theodore and Milton, who both had their Bar Mitzvahs at Beth Ha Medrosh Hagodol (BMH) Synagogue. From 1925-26, Elizabeth was president of the BMH Synagogue's Women's...
Dates:
2004 March 2
Employee Chanukah Party at the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society, circa 1947
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Identifier: B063.03.0035.00049
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Men and women at a Chanukah party for employees of the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (JCRS). In the background are photographs from JCRS and a sign that says: ''43 Years of Progress, History of the J.C.R.S. in Pictures, 1904.......1947.'' 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...
Dates:
circa 1947
Employee Restroom at the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society, between 1930-1940
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Identifier: B063.03.0003.00076
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Employee restroom on the campus of 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. It was the largest Jewish institution in the world for the treatment of tuberculosis. It's property consisted of 148 acres on which...
Dates:
between 1930-1940