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Dr. Charles David Spivak : a Jewish immigrant and the American tuberculosis movement / Jeanne E. Abrams.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Abrams, Jeanne E., 1951-
- Series:
- Timberline books
- Timberline Books
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Spivak, C. D. (Charles D.), 1861-1927.
- Spivak, C. D.
- Jewish physicians--United States--Biography.
- Jewish physicians.
- Jews, Russian--United States--Biography.
- Jews, Russian.
- Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (U.S.).
- Tuberculosis--United States--History.
- Tuberculosis.
- History.
- United States.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- xi, 226 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Boulder, Colo. : University Press of Colorado, [2009]
- Contents:
- Introduction
- Out of Russia
- The Philadelphia story
- Heading west to "chase the cure"
- The genesis of the JCRS : creating a new type of TB institution
- Becoming a westerner
- Overseas mission to the European front and the final years
- Conclusion : the Spivak legacy.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Kenneth H. and Thelma F. Cisney Memorial Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9780870819414
- 0870819410
- OCLC:
- 308158920
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