Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society patient records, 1904-1906 [electronic resource].

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Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society patient records, 1904-1906 [electronic resource].

Searchable database of the files of 218 tuberculosis patients who were treated at the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society, known as the JCRS, in Denver, Colo. from 1904-1906. Search by patient name, gender, age admitted, place of birth, previous address, occupation, duration of disease, city where disease was contracted, marital status, and number of children. Each patient file includes digitized images of correspondence, applications, letters of admittance and release, and invoices for funeral expenses as well as postcards, and legal and financial records.

218 folders (1.33 boxes)

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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...

Hillkowitz, Philip, 1873-1948.

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Spivak, C. D. 1861-1927.

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