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Edgecombe Sanitarium

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Edgecombe Sanitarium was a private hospital run by African American doctors in Harlem, New York City. It served patients "of considerable means" who did not want to be served at the primarily white staffed Harlem Hospital. Godfrey Nurse was one of the doctors who founded the hospital. The hospital had twelve beds. It was started as the result of the Harlem Hospital having a primarily white staff.In 1925, the nearby Booker T. Washington Sanitarium was merged with Edgecombe. In 1929, Edgecombe had treated 249 patients. Through fundraising, the hospital installed an x-ray machine.Gerri Major was part of its Woman's Auxiliary.

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Edgecombe Sanitarium
West 137th Street, New York Manhattan

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West 137th Street 327
10030 New York, Manhattan
New York, United States
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