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Rural TB Retreat

Home for Chronic Invalids. (Image: Montefiore Medical Center)

What: The 25-bed Montefiore Home for Chronic Invalids
When: 1884
Where: 84 Street and York Avenue

May 16, 2010 | Categories: All stories, Consolidation (1855-1897), Health & Medicine, Upper East Side | Tags: Montefiore Home for Chronic Invalids, sanitarium, tuberculosis | Leave A Comment »

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