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Edgecombe Sanitarium

Coordinates: 40°49′06″N 73°56′48″W / 40.8184°N 73.9467°W / 40.8184; -73.9467
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Edgecombe Sanitarium
African American Doctors
Map
Geography
LocationHarlem, New York City, New York, United States
Coordinates40°49′06″N 73°56′48″W / 40.8184°N 73.9467°W / 40.8184; -73.9467
Organization
Care systemPrivate
Services
Beds12
History
Opened1900s
Closed1900s
Links
ListsHospitals in New York State
Other linksHospitals in Manhattan

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.

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

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References

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  1. ^ a b Building a Healthy Black Harlem. Cambria Press. ISBN 9781621969686 – via Google Books.
  2. ^ a b "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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