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]
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