Changes

==Medical==

==Medical==

Across the western landscape of the United States, health was a natural resource, mined and sold by late-19th- and 20th-century town boosters and physicians to those afflicted with such chronic pulmonary illnesses as tuberculosis and asthma.  Denver was especially important as a destination and the city became the largest medical center for the mountain states by 1900.<ref>Gregg Mitman, "Geographies of Hope: Mining the Frontiers of Health in Denver and Beyond, 1870-1965." ''Osiris'' 2004 19: 93-111. Issn: 0369-7827</ref>  Religious and ethnic groups established the most important hospitals.  St. Luke's Hospital was established by the Episcopal Church in 1881; Presbyterian Hospital opened in 1926. Both operated nursing schools . In 1992 St. Luke's merged with Presbyterian Hospital, which subsequently merged with others to form the HealthONE hospital system.<ref>Rebecca Hunt, "Healers on the Hill: St. Luke's and Presbyterian Hospitals of Denver." ''Colorado Heritage'' 2005 (Sum): 2-17. Issn: 0272-9377</ref>  The Denver Homeopathic Hospital opened in 1894 to offer alternatives to the medical practices of "allopathic" medicine, the mainstream treatments of the day. Friction arose among the homeopathic physicians, and the hospital closed in 1909.<ref>Steve Grinstead, "Alternative Healing At The Crossroads: Denver's Homeopathic Hospital Succumbs To Modern Medicine."  ''Colorado Heritage'' 2005 (Sum): 18-29. Issn: 0272-9377</ref> The Swedish National Sanatorium was  established in 1905 by the Swedish community, as a national tuberculosis sanatorium. It was reorganized in 1956 and later became the Swedish Medical Center.<ref>Rebecca  Hunt, "Swedish National Sanatorium: Building Community in a Swedish-American Tuberculosis Sanatorium, 1905-59." ''Colorado Heritage'' 2005 (Sum): 30-46. ISSN: 0272-9377</ref>  Seraphine Pisko was first woman to head a major Jewish hospital when she was appointed in 1911 as secretary of Denver's National Jewish Hospital for Consumptives, Pisko skillfully and efficiently managed the institution, while advancing a personalized and nurturing philosophy of charity in contrast to efforts to centralize fund-raising and administration.

Across the western landscape of the United States, health was a natural resource, mined and sold by late-19th- and 20th century town boosters and physicians to those afflicted with such chronic pulmonary illnesses as tuberculosis and asthma.  Denver was especially important as a destination and the city became the largest medical center for the mountain states by 1900.<ref>Gregg Mitman, "Geographies of Hope: Mining the Frontiers of Health in Denver and Beyond, 1870-1965." ''Osiris'' 2004 19: 93-111. Issn: 0369-7827</ref>  Religious and ethnic groups established the most important hospitals.  St. Luke's Hospital was established by the Episcopal Church in 1881; Presbyterian Hospital opened in 1926. Both operated nursing schools . In 1992 St. Luke's merged with Presbyterian Hospital, which subsequently merged with others to form the HealthONE hospital system.<ref>Rebecca Hunt, "Healers on the Hill: St. Luke's and Presbyterian Hospitals of Denver." ''Colorado Heritage'' 2005 (Sum): 2-17. Issn: 0272-9377</ref>  The Denver Homeopathic Hospital opened in 1894 to offer alternatives to the medical practices of "allopathic" medicine, the mainstream treatments of the day. Friction arose among the homeopathic physicians, and the hospital closed in 1909.<ref>Steve Grinstead, "Alternative Healing At The Crossroads: Denver's Homeopathic Hospital Succumbs To Modern Medicine."  ''Colorado Heritage'' 2005 (Sum): 18-29. Issn: 0272-9377</ref> The Swedish National Sanatorium was  established in 1905 by the Swedish community, as a national tuberculosis sanatorium. It was reorganized in 1956 and later became the Swedish Medical Center.<ref>Rebecca  Hunt, "Swedish National Sanatorium: Building Community in a Swedish-American Tuberculosis Sanatorium, 1905-59." ''Colorado Heritage'' 2005 (Sum): 30-46. ISSN: 0272-9377</ref>  Seraphine Pisko was first woman to head a major Jewish hospital when she was appointed in 1911 as secretary of Denver's National Jewish Hospital for Consumptives, Pisko skillfully and efficiently managed the institution, while advancing a personalized and nurturing philosophy of charity in contrast to efforts to centralize fund-raising and administration.

After World War II the Jewish National Home for Asthmatic Children became the Children's Asthma Research Institute and Hospital. To the dismay of the city of Denver, the University of Colorado Medical School and associated hospitals left the city in 2007, taking 30,000 high-paying jobs, for a huge new campus in Aurora centered on the former Fitzsimons Army Medical Center. It solidified the Denver Metro Area as the premier medical center in a thousand-mile radius, but brought into debate the state's sharply reduced budget for medical education and higher education generally.

After World War II the Jewish National Home for Asthmatic Children became the Children's Asthma Research Institute and Hospital. To the dismay of the city of Denver, the University of Colorado Medical School and associated hospitals left the city in 2007, taking 30,000 high-paying jobs, for a huge new campus in Aurora centered on the former Fitzsimons Army Medical Center. It solidified the Denver Metro Area as the premier medical center in a thousand-mile radius, but brought into debate the state's sharply reduced budget for medical education and higher education generally.