Edgecombe Sanitarium

Edgecombe Sanitarium was a private hospital run by African American doctors in Harlem, New York City. It served patients "of considerable means"[1] who did not want to be served at the primarily white staffed Harlem Hospital.

Edgecombe Sanitarium
African American Doctors
Geography
LocationHarlem, New York City, New York, United States
Coordinates40.8184°N 73.9467°W / 40.8184; -73.9467
Services
Beds12
History
Opened1900s
Closed1900s
Links
ListsHospitals in New York
Other linksHospitals in Manhattan

Godfrey Nurse was one of the doctors who founded the hospital. The hospital had twelve beds.[1] It was started as the result of the Harlem Hospital having a primarily white staff.[2]

In 1925, the nearby Booker T. Washington Sanitarium was merged with Edgecombe.[2] In 1929, Edgecombe had treated 249 patients. Through fundraising, the hospital installed an x-ray machine.[3]

Gerri Major was part of its Woman's Auxiliary.

Notable patients

References

  1. Building a Healthy Black Harlem. Cambria Press. ISBN 9781621969686 via Google Books.
  2. "Harlem's Hospitals". Digital Harlem Blog. 31 May 2010. Retrieved 19 November 2019.
  3. W. Douglas Fisher; Joann H. Buckley (10 November 2015). African American Doctors of World War I: The Lives of 104 Volunteers. McFarland. p. 253. ISBN 978-1-4766-6315-9.
  4. Rudolph Fisher (3 November 2008). The City of Refuge [New and Expanded Edition]: The Collected Stories of Rudolph Fisher. University of Missouri Press. p. 30. ISBN 978-0-8262-6658-3.


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