St Joseph's Hospital for Consumptives

St Joseph's Hospital for Consumptives
History
Opened	1882

St Joseph's Hospital for Consumptives, established in 1882 by Franciscan Sisters of the Third Order, and occupied the entire block between East 143rd and 144th Streets and Brook and St. Ann's Avenues. ^[1] It was one of eight hospitals for people with tuberculosis in New York at the turn of the twentieth century. ^{[2] [3] [4] [5] [6]}

References

1. King, Moses (1893). Kings Handbook of New York City. Moses King. p. 477.
2. 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.
3. 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.
4. "Tuberculosis facilities in the United States" . Journal of the American Medical Association. 114 (9): 765–804. March 2, 1940. doi:10.1001/jama.1940.02810090043014. ISSN   0002-9955.
5. 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.
6. King, Moses (1893). Kings Handbook of New York City. Moses King. p. 477.

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