Joseph Lee Hollander papers
Scope and Contents
This collection of Joseph Lee Hollander's papers, 19511987,
contains, primarily, correspondence concerning his research
in the 1950s and 1960s on the treatment of arthritis through
intra articular steroid therapy and the effect of a controlled
climate chamber on arthritic patients.
Series 1 contains two typescript drafts of Hollander's 1951 paper
on the injection of cortisone and hydrocortisone into arthritic
joints as well as letters, 1951-1953, from physicians and arthritic
patients seeking information on the treatment. Also included
is one folder of correspondence with Elmer Alpert and other
members of the Medical Division of Merck Co., concerning the
supply of cortisone.
Professional correspondence, 1953-1968, concerning Hollander's
development of a controlled climate chamber to house patients
and study the effect of climate on diseases such as arthritis
is included in Series 2. The series contains Hollander's proposal
for the chamber; correspondence concerning its construction
and development; grant applications and a progress report; and
letters from arthritic patients, describing their case histories
and seeking information about or offering themselves as subjects for
the climate chamber research.
Some miscellaneous material, 1968-1987, including Joseph Lee Hollander's
curriculum vitae and bibliography and letters concerning his
receipt of the Charles B. Harding Award for his work in arthritis
research, is in Series 3.
Dates
- Creation: 1951 - 1987
Creator
- Hollander, Joseph Lee (Person)
Biographical / Historical
Joseph Lee Hollander, Philadelphia physician and arthritis researcher,
was born on 8 March 1910 in Ferguson, Mo. In 1936, he was married
to Olive Hollander (d. 1973); they had two daughters. In 1974,
he married Grace Hill Hollander.
Hollander received an A.B. from Cornell University in 1932 and
an M.D. from the University of Pennsylvania in 1935. After
an internship in Pennsylvania Hospital, he was a Demonstrator
in Medicine at Jefferson Medical College, 19391946, then taught
medicine at the University of Pennsylvania's School of Medicine
from 1946 to his retirement in 1978. From 1946 to 1972, Hollander
was also chief of the Arthritis Section of the University's Department
of Medicine. He also edited five editions of Arthritis and
allied conditions. Hollander was a pioneer in research
on joint temperature variations, intra articular steroid therapy,
and the effects of climate on arthritis and immunopathogenetic
mechanisms in rheumatoid arthritis.
Joseph Lee Hollander was a member of many professional organizations,
including the American Rheumatism Association (president, 1961-1962),
the American College of Physicians, and the Philadelphia Rheumatism
Society (president, 19581960). He became a Fellow of the College
of Physicians of Philadelphia in 1949.
Full Extent
.5 Linear feet (2 boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Custodial History
This small collection of Joseph Lee Hollander's papers was donated
to the Historical Collections of the Library of the College
of Physicians of Philadelphia by Dr. Hollander on 24 October
1986.
The collection was processed and catalogued in December 1991.
- Title
- Joseph Lee Hollander papers
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Historical Medical Library of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia Repository
19 S. 22nd Street
Philadelphia PA 19103 United States
