Tuberculosis
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 5619 Collections and/or Records:
Second Annual Report, The Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society, Denver, Colorado, 1906
Item
Identifier: B002.05.01.0199.0002.00001
Abstract
Report of the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (JCRS) annual meeting on January 28, 1906, and its operations and finances for the period of incorporation ending December 31, 1905; Dr. Philip Hillkowitz was the Society's President, and C.D. Spivak the Secretary. The Secretary's report indicated that 76 patients were admitted in 1905, bringing the total to 97. Includes images of the facility, statistical data about the patients (including initials, age, occupation, and duration of...
Dates:
1906
Senator Edwin C. Johnson with an Unidentified Man, between 1937-1955
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Identifier: B063.03.0035.00024
Abstract
Senator Edwin C. Johnson with an unidentified man. Johnson is seated at a table and is handing a check to the other man. Johnson served as Governor of the State of Colorado, United States Senator and a personality associated with 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...
Dates:
between 1937-1955
Seraphine Pisko, c. 1930
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Identifier: B063.03.0011.00001
Abstract
Seraphine Eppstein Pisko sits at a desk at National Jewish Hospital (NJH). She served as the president of the Hebrew Ladies' Benevolent Society (renamed the Jewish Relief Society in 1901) and as president of the Denver Council of Jewish Women. She also helped organize the Denver Jewish Settlement House and a free kindergarten to benefit the Eastern European Jewish immigrants on Denver's west side. Pisko became a fund-raiser for the National Jewish Hospital for Consumptives, and in 1911 she...
Dates:
c. 1930
Seraphine Pisko 75th Birthday Program, 1936 January 5
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Identifier: B242.02.0001.0002.00002
Abstract
Program for Seraphine Pisko's seventy-fifth birthday anniversary dinner held by the board of managers of the National Jewish Hospital at Denver. The Dinner was held at the Brown Palace Hotel in Denver, Colorado. Rabbi William S. Friedman was the toastmaster and a number of people spoke on Seraphine Pisko's career. Seraphine Eppstein Pisko (1861-1942) began working at National Jewish Hospital for Consumptives as a field secretary, fund raiser, in 1900. In 1911 she became the...
Dates:
1936 January 5
Seraphine Pisko and Nathan Dauby Correspondence, 1922 July-December
File
Identifier: B005.01.0002.0012
Abstract
Correspondence related to Nathan Dauby and Seraphine Pisko
Dates:
1922 July-December
Seraphine Pisko and Nathan Dauby Correspondence, 1921 July-December
File
Identifier: B005.01.0002.0013
Abstract
Correspondence between Nathan Dauby and Seraphine Pisko
Dates:
1921 July-December
Seventh Annual Report, 1911
Item
Identifier: B002.05.01.0199.0007.00001
Abstract
Report of the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (JCRS) annual meeting on April 16, 1911, and its operations and finances for the period beginning January 1, 1910, and ending December 31, 1910; Dr. Philip Hillkowitz was the Society's President, and C.D. Spivak was the Secretary. The Secretary's report indicates that 232 patients were treated in 1910. Includes images of the facility, statistical data about the patients (including age, occupation, and duration of disease), and a list of all...
Dates:
1911
Sewing Class at the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society, between 1930-1950
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Identifier: B063.03.0035.00074
Abstract
Sewing class at the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (JCRS). Classes were offered to patients as part of rehabilitation. 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:
between 1930-1950
Sheep Being Fed by a Nurse at the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society, 1947
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Identifier: B063.03.0035.00011
Abstract
A ram named Fag which belongs to the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (JCRS), appearing to be fed by a nurse. 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. This photograph has been manipulated by the photographer and is made up of several separate images that have been...
Dates:
1947
Simon Zuriat with Noah Allen, between 1950-1970
Item
Identifier: B063.03.0036.00017
Abstract
Simon Zuriat, man of the year with Noah W. Allen.
Dates:
between 1950-1970