New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1923-06-22
Jewish HOSPITAL
FOR CONSUMPTIVES
More Than $4,000 Contributors
Represented In Denver

II.
oAs Of the largest Jewish gather
iRss ever hsla in this eaaRsEy 4
scheduled 70 begin in Denver teasF
when the sAih annual convention Of
the AatisRal Jewish Hospital for
eaRsumpllges wlll begin lls sessions
Delegates representing over kA,eae
contributors % this instituted, which
has the distinction ef being the hFsi
free sahiiaFlaH fer eansumRtlVss esr
tahlishsd in the United states main
tanned entirely hY private philaRr
I lhFeRy viii among ether things DIS
I eHss plans for an elaborate eeiehFar
ton next year Of It's silver jubilee,
According 20 Nr, NANNY Strauss,
Z ChaiFmAh ~ the convention commit
Z Tee, the National Jewish hospital has
a larger support than any ether Phil5
anlhFRPie institution in this country,
In addition % the nifty thousand SUBJ
seFiheFs who make their eantFihur
tons directly, the hospital is sub
Mentioned by the Independent order
R'nai Birth whose twenty thousand
members pay an annual tau for It's
maintenance through that fraternal
organizations grand lodse-snd ~
Ffehes yearly subsidies from most OF
the - loeal nhilanthropie declarations
organized by Jewish communities
throughout the United States. Mr..
Strauss estimated that At least one
half million Of the three million
Jews in the United States contribnte,
in one form or another. 10 its main.
tsnanee.
Every He'd j. Free.
Unlike many hospitals and sani-
tsriums which derive a certain In
come from private beds and rooms
for patients who can pay. everyone
OF the upward OF 200 beds In the
National Jewish Hospital for Con-
sumptives Ia absolutely free. The
policy OF the institution Ia "None
may enter who can pay. none can
pay who enter" The i2 buildings |
OF the National Jewish Hospital for
consnmptives minister 20 the victims
OF the great white plague" men.
women and children stricken in the
tenement houses and sweat shops |
The only tradition that applicants for
admission TO this great saving
station must comply with is that
neither they nor their families are
possessed of sufficient world goods
TO pay for their maintenance at a
sanitarium.
Over 1900 patients. more than
one-third OF them from New York
city. have received the benefits ~
this institution since 1900. More
than half OF these have been dis.
charged as cured. and most Of the
balance have been given prolonged
leases on life. Statistically speaking.
the records of the institution show
that II has cured and restored 70
economic independence 9.41e pa
tients, the condition OF s,O77 has },
been improved and 1.123 incurables
more comfortable.
One of the most important fea.
lures OF the National Jewish Hos
pital for Consumptives is its re- ,
search department with which are
associated staff of pulmonary spe-
cialists headed by Drs. H. J. Corper
and Robert Levy of Denver, and a
national board including such well
known leaders In this particular field
of medicine as Drs. Alfred Meyer. +.
$. Mandelbaum and s. S. Goldwater
of Mt. Sinai hospital. New York: DR..
Paul H. Lewis, secretary of the Hen
ry Phipps Institution. Philadelphia,
and DR.. John F. Anderson. Of New
Brunswick. N. J. The work OF this re-
search board was made possible by a
special gift covering a five year pc
rlod which terminates next year and
Its continuation and expansion will be
one OF the matters discussed at the
Research Department.
The importance Of the Research
Department may be Judged from the
fact that during the past month DR..
Copper electrified the medical world
md brought new hope to many
stricken with tuberculosis !
" the announcement that ne had S