Joseph Garland (pediatrician)
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Joseph Garland (1893–1973) was an American pediatrician and editor of The New England Journal of Medicine.
Garland was born in 1893 in Gloucester, Massachusetts.[1] He graduated from Harvard Medical School in 1919 and trained in pediatrics, working at the Massachusetts General Hospital from 1923 to 1954.[2] He was a member of the editorial staff of The New England Journal of Medicine for over 25 years: associate editor (1922–1947), editor (1947–1967), and finally editor emeritus (1967 onwards).[3] Prior to becoming editor, he had published articles in the Journal on a variety of subjects including splanchnic artery aneurysm rupture, varicella infection, and the thymus.[4] He published eight books, including The Story of Medicine (1949).[5]
Garland's father was Gloucester mayor Joseph Garland. He married Mira Crowell, a nurse, with whom he had two children.[6] His son, Joseph E. Garland, was a historian and journalist.[7] He died in 1973, aged 80, at his home in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts.[5]
References[edit]
- ^ Ingelfinger, Franz J. (1972). "Joseph Garland's Fourscore Years". The New England Journal of Medicine. 287 (26): 1355. doi:10.1056/nejm197212282872614.
- ^ Mazurak, Magdalena; Kusa, Jacek (2014). "The radiologist's tragedy, or Bland-White-Garland syndrome (BWGS). On the 80(th) anniversary of the first clinical description of ALCAPA (anomalous left coronary artery from the pulmonary artery)". Kardiochirurgia I Torakochirurgia Polska. 11 (2): 225–229. doi:10.5114/kitp.2014.43857. PMC 4283871. PMID 26336427.
- ^ Ingelfinger, Franz J. (1973). "Dr. Joseph Garland, 1893–1973". The New England Journal of Medicine. 289 (9): 480. doi:10.1056/nejm197308302890911. PMID 4587237.
- ^ O'Leary, Robert (1967). "The Luminous Autumn — TheJournal and Joseph Garland". The New England Journal of Medicine. 277 (1): 18–21. doi:10.1056/nejm196707062770106.
- ^ a b "Dr. Joseph Garland, Editor Of Medical Journal, Dead". The New York Times. August 9, 1973. Retrieved July 9, 2022.
- ^ Faulkner, James M. (1973). "The Man, His Family and Friends". The New England Journal of Medicine. 289 (12): 638–639. doi:10.1056/nejm197309202891214.
- ^ Carlson, Michael (October 6, 2011). "Joseph Garland obituary". The Guardian. Retrieved July 9, 2022.
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