1953, 1953

File — Box: 1, Folder: 4

Scope and Contents

From the Collection: 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.