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Ellis Island. / 40.699556°N 74.039583°W / 40.699556; -74.039583. The Ellis Island Immigrant Hospital (also known as USPHS Hospital No. 43) was a United States Public Health Service hospital on Ellis Island, in New York Harbor, that operated from 1902 to 1951. [5] The hospital is part of the Statue of Liberty National Monument.
Trachoma is an infectious disease caused by bacterium Chlamydia trachomatis. [ 2] The infection causes a roughening of the inner surface of the eyelids. [ 2] This roughening can lead to pain in the eyes, breakdown of the outer surface or cornea of the eyes, and eventual blindness. [ 2] Untreated, repeated trachoma infections can result in a ...
The examinations at Ellis Island “conducted by officers of the Public Health Service”. The inspectors made “every effort” to detect signs of mental or physical defect. [10] As many as “50 to 100 per cent of immigrants who enter the inspection plant are questioned by the medical examiner in order to elicit signs of mental disease or ...
Unfortunately, preservation of Ellis Island Hospital, a remarkable 725-bed institution on the south side, took a distant third place after the statute and immigration hall.
Ellis Island is a 1983 historical novel by Fred Mustard Stewart. A year after its publication a miniseries was filmed in the United Kingdom, based on this book. Plot. In 1907 Jacob Rubinstein, a Russian Jew, leaves his village after it is attacked by cossacks. He heads for Hamburg, Germany, hoping that he can sail to America.
9780805019643. OCLC. 25205387. LC Class. PZ7.H4364 Le 1992 [ 2] Letters From Rifka is a children's historical novel by Karen Hesse, published by Holt in 1992. The novel is based on the life of Hesse's great-aunt Lucille Avrutin. [ 3] With an intended young adult audience, the book aims to inform and validate. [ 4]
Ellis Island. / 40.69944°N 74.03972°W / 40.69944; -74.03972. Ellis Island is a federally owned island in New York Harbor, situated within the U.S. states of New Jersey and New York. Ellis Island was once the busiest immigrant inspection and processing station in the United States. From 1892 to 1954, nearly 12 million immigrants ...
Howard Andrew Knox (March 7, 1885 – July 27, 1949) was an American medical doctor and eugenicist specializing in heart and rheumatic diseases. Serving as an assistant surgeon at Ellis Island during the early 1900s, he made major contributions to intelligence testing through the methods he devised to screen immigrants for mental deficiencies. [1]