Edgecombe Sanitarium

Edgecombe Sanitarium was a private hospital run by African American doctors in Harlem, New York City.

Godfrey Nurse was one of the doctors who founded the hospital.

[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.

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