For those looking to learn more about Jewish history in St. Louis, the Bernard Becker Medical Library at the Washington University medical school can help.

Last week, the library opened "Skill, tenderly applied, works wonders A History of The Jewish Hospital of St. Louis.

The exhibit traces the hospital's opening in 1902, in a three-story building on Delmar Boulevard. The hospital originally was intended to aid Jewish refugees and immigrants in the St. Louis area, but actually served patients of all religions.

The exhibit also highlights the Goldfarb School of Nursing, which opened the same year, and the hospital merger with Barnes Hospital in 1996.

The exhibit is located in the librarys Glaser Gallery, 660 South Euclid Avenue. It is free and open to the public, from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. weekdays.

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