The campaign against tuberculosis in the United States : including a directory of institutions dealing with tuberculosis in the United States and Canada ; compiled under the direction of the National Association for the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis / by Philip P. Jacobs.

  • Jacobs, Philip P. (Philip Peter), 1879-1940.
Date:
1908
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Credit: The campaign against tuberculosis in the United States : including a directory of institutions dealing with tuberculosis in the United States and Canada ; compiled under the direction of the National Association for the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis / by Philip P. Jacobs. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library at Yale University, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library at Yale University.

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    in the last four years nine buildings and thirty-two tents. A poultry yard, a vegetable farm, together with sufficient stock to furnish milk for the institution, are maintained. The Society and Sanatorium are supported by contributions. There are now twenty auxiliary societies throughout the country. Several of these have built or are building pavilions at the Sanatorium. In 1907 over two hundred and thirty cases were treated. The income during 1907 amounted to $55,000 and the disbursements to $56,000. Applications should be addressed to Dr. C. D. Spivak, Secretary, 1421 Court Place, Denver, Colo. Swedish-American Sanatorium (July, 1906): For all classes of consumptives. Capacity: 25. Rates: $6 per week; 25 per cent, of the patients are treated free, although there are no endowed beds. Superintendent: Rev. W. F. Leufstedt. Medical Directors: Dr. John Lindahl and Dr. C. S. Vineland. There are thirteen physicians on the consulting staff. While the Sanatorium is established primarily for poor Swedish con- sumptives, tuberculous patients of all nationalities are received. The institution is supported chiefly by philanthropic Swedish-American citizens. Literature of a preventive and descriptive nature in the Swedish language is distributed by the Sanatorium. Application should be made to the Secretary, Dr. John Lindahl, Edgewater P. O., Denver. ENGLEWOOD The Swedish Consumptive Sanatorium (April 13, 1908): For incipient cases only. Capacity: 15. Rates: $6 per week. Have a limited number of free beds. Superintendent: Miss Selina Krantz. This Sanatorium is located upon a high knoll in Englewood, a suburb of Denver. Although the bed capacity is small at present, it is hoped soon to enlarge it.