St Joseph's Hospital for Consumptives
| St Joseph's Hospital for Consumptives | |
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| History | |
| Opened | 1882 |
St Joseph's Hospital for Consumptives, established in 1882 by Franciscan Sisters of the Third Order, was one of eight hospitals for people with tuberculosis in New York at the turn of the twentieth century.[1][2][3][4][5]
References[edit]
- ^ Anders, James M. (1898). "Sanatoria and special hospitals for the poor consumptive and persons with slight means". Transactions of the American Climatological Association for the Year ... American Climatological Association. 14: 145–178. PMC 2526935. PMID 21409174.
- ^ Walters, F. Rufenacht (Frederick Rufenacht) (1905). "9. New Jersey, New Mexico, New York". Sanatoria for consumptives : a critical and detailed description together with an exposition of the open-air or hygienic treatment of phthisis (3rd ed.). London : S. Sonnenschein ; New York : E.P. Dutton. p. 90.
- ^ "Tuberculosis facilities in the United States". Journal of the American Medical Association. 114 (9): 765–804. 2 March 1940. doi:10.1001/jama.1940.02810090043014. ISSN 0002-9955.
- ^ Smith, John Talbot (2008). "20. The education and charity systems". The Catholic Church in New York: A History of the New York Diocese from Its Establishment in 1808 to the Present Time. Vol. II. Cosimo, Inc. p. 343. ISBN 978-1-60520-278-5.
- ^ King, Moses (1893). Kings Handbook of New York City. Moses King. p. 477.
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