Sachs, Theodore B. (1868-1916)

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Jane Addams to Julia Clifford Lathrop, March 22, 1906

Hull-House Year Book 1906-1907

Theodore B. Sachs to Jane Addams, December 21, 1910

Theodore B. Sachs to Jane Addams, May 28, 1911

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1868-05-02

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1916-04-02

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Dinaberg, Russia

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Theodore B. Sachs was a Russian-born doctor. After immigrating to the United States in 1891, Sachs studied medicine at the University of Illinois College of Medicine. He was mainly interested in tuberculosis and assisting the poor of Chicago. He helped bring about the Chicago Tuberculosis Institute and was elected president of the National Tuberculosis Association in 1915. Sachs died in 1916.