Formal dedication of the Louis Heineman Building for Tuberculous Children was held last week at the National Jewish Hospital, with Rabbi William S. Friedman, president of the institution, presiding at the services before a large gathering.
Dr. Friedman paid tribute to the donor, the late Louis Heineman of Jamestown, N. Y., whose gift makes possible the care of these unfortunate little children. He also praised Mr. and Mrs. Nathan Hofheimer, who nine years ago endowed the Hofheimer Preventorium for those children with a predisposition for tuberculosis.
Mrs. Seraphine Pisko, honorary executive secretary of the hospital, and a leading figure in the institution, came to the dedication in a wheel chair. She arose from a sickbed to speak before the children to whom she acts as godmother.
Other speakers were Dr. Robert Levy, chairman of the medical advisory board of the hospital, Dr. William Rosenau, Baltimore; and Dr. Moise Bergman, of Pueblo. Rabbi C. H. Kauvar of this city pronounced the benediction.
Dr. Levy said, “Children from 38 states besides Colorado have been cared for in our institution.” The new building, he explained, enables the hospital to separate tuberculous children from those who have only tubercular tendencies.
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