Annual Report of the Directors of the Jews’ Hospital in New York.

AUCTION 66 | Thursday, November 19th, 2015 at 1:00
Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts, Ceremonial Objects and Graphic Art

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Lot 170
(AMERICAN JUDAICA).

Annual Report of the Directors of the Jews’ Hospital in New York.

With list of members and medical staff. pp. 24. Lightly stained. Unbound. 8vo. Singerman 1498.

New York: 1857

Est: $700 - $1,000
PRICE REALIZED $750
Provides much detail of patients, both their medical situation as well as overall personal status. Jews’ Hospital (later famously renamed as Mount Sinai Hospital) was founded in 1852 to address the needs of New York’s rapidly growing Jewish community. At the time, New York City hospitals often discriminated against Jews - refusing them treatment as patients as well as blocking the hiring of Jewish medical staff.