Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society records

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Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society records

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The Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (JCRS) was founded in Denver, Colorado in 1904 as a non-sectarian sanatorium to treat tuberculosis (TB) patients in all stages of the disease. The society was founded by a group of immigrant Eastern European Jewish men, many of whom were themselves victims of TB. For decades patients flocked to Denver from all over the country and were admitted free of charge. In the early years, the sanatorium was headed by Dr. Charles Spivak as Secretary (1904-1927) and by Philip Hillkowitz as President (1904-1948) and catered primarily to Jewish patients in a distinctively Jewish environment. In 1954 the institution changed its mission to cancer research and became the American Medical Center. Today it is known as the AMC Cancer Research Center.

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Ira M. Beck Memorial Archives, Special Collections and Archives, Penrose Library, University of Denver, 2150 E. Evans Ave., Denver, CO 80208-2007

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Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (U.S.)

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Known as JCRS and founded in Denver, Colo. in 1904 as a non-sectarian sanatorium to treat, free of charge, tuberculosis patients. One of the leading tuberculosis sanatoria in the country at turn of century started by group of immigrant Eastern European Jewish men, many of whom were victims of TB. Headed by Dr. Charles Spivak as Secretary (1904-1927) and by Dr. Philip Hillkowitz as President (1904-1948), sanatorium treated primarily Jewish patients (notably, Solomon Blumgarten who served as publi...

American Medical Center (Denver, Colo.)

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Yehoash, -1927

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Yiddish writer. Pseudonym of Solomon Bloomgarten. From the description of Papers, 1892-1964. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 80374166 ...

Hillkowitz, Philip, 1873-1948.

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AMC Cancer Research Center and Hospital (Denver, Colo.)

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Spivak, C. D. (Charles D.), 1861-1927

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AMC Cancer Research Center (Denver, Colo.)

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