The Denver Jewish news., 1923-06-28

THE medical work for adult patients
has kept pace with the growth of the
Hospital. a Medical Advisory Board
and Consulting STAFF. consisting of the
most prominent physicians of Denver
are giving their time, without pay. to
the HospitalJ Every patient has the
benefit of ont door sleeping. which. in
the wonderful climate of Colorado,
helps greatly in their cure.
During my recent visit to Denver.
it was my pleasure to see the sp.en-
did thing that tlu. National Jewish
Hospital Is doing in preventive work
for children. IT ones heart does nc.
expand with joy ut seeing these hap
py children being given the chance to
he well. and 10 start life nnhandicapped
by the awful White Plague. he wOulG
scarcely have any sentiment In his
makeup. These children are not In
tituiionalizcd they are just natural.
happy kiddies-the same as they might
he In your home or mine. There is no
rule OF silence: they chatter and laugh
while cnting their mcals they have
splendid Fairgrounds and. in fact. have
such care ms IL making of them real.
natural. happy youngsters.
I'VE have one great handicap. ono
that is lack of sufficient funds to
create still greater development in
our Institution. Twenty Thousand
dollars year was appropriated for n
period Of five years for the work of the
Research Department. This is pair,
sum compared TO what the Researt n
Department should have. The depart
mcnt is handicapped for the lack of
sufficient number of scientific work,
ers."
Tire rigid economy practiee<l ut the
institution was stressed ny Mr. Berth.
old Flcslier. chairman of Finance COM
mittee who said that he believed thai
there il no institution In this country
today that hns closer supervision of
its disbursements than the National
Jewish Hospital for Consumptives.
This year. said Mr.. Elcslier. the Ir-
stitution stands at the zenith of its
financial and humanitarian career.
Never has Its effcr.s TO raise funds
been crowned with such success. This,
le said is the result of the wonder
into shape the last few years. sixty
two new towns have been invaded hy
the field secretaries of the Institution
of Mrs. Seraphina PiskO. the Secretary
of the Institution. said. that has never
makes trip away from Denver. with
out bringing back some extra lai =
contributions.
DIR. William s. Friedman. to whose
initiative the existence of the Institu
tion is due. reporting on behalf of the
Bonrd of Managers. of which he is
velous growth of the Institution from
the single building from which it start
ed to the thirteen magnificent buil,t
ings In which its humanitarian work is
being carried on today. Aside from tho
medical and scientific features of th
Institution the climate of Colorado was
an important factor i'm the success in
which it has achieved in the treatment
of tuberculosis. Colorado. he pointed
out. has only forty rainy days. with
an average of three hundred and five
days of sunshine during the year.
Statistics have demonstrated that Colo
RADIO has the lowest mortality rate
from tuberculosis In the whole country.
The addition of n Kosher Kitchen.
where food for the patients will he pre-
pared in conformity of the Mosaic die
tary laws. would add to the peace
mind of the inmates of the Institution.
and thus help them back to health.
The National Jewish Hospital has the
distinction of being the first to give
free treatment to victims of Tuber-
culosis, and it has been the pioneer in
the development of original methods for
the treatment of this ailment. Its Re
search Department. under DR. Harry j.
Copper one of the greatest men in his
field has recently. made an Important
contribution toward the treatment of
| Tuberculosis, by the discovery OF the
curative value of Carbon Dioxide. ii
| has also made other important discov'
cries In this field. The National j.
ish Hospital is the model after whicls
many other similar institutions have
been patterned. 1t seeks TO he the ideal
institution of its kind. but as ideals
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