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Max B. Lurie papers

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Call Number:
MSS 2/115
Repository:
Historical Medical Library of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia
Extent:
3.5 linear feet (9 boxes)
Language:
English
Date:
1926-1957 (inclusive)
Creator:
Lurie, Max B. (Max Bernard)
Form:
Biography files, Correspondence, Genealogies (histories), Research notes, and Typescripts
Abstract:

Max Bernard Lurie, tuberculosis researcher, was born on 12 September 1893 in Telshee, Lithuania. He came to the United States in 1907. He married Rose Gamoran in 1922; the Luries had one son, Abraham A. ("Avi") Lurie. Max B. Lurie died in Philadelphia on 23 September 1966.

Lurie received an A.B. from the College of the City of New York in 1917, then an M.D. from Cornell University in 1921. At this time, he contracted pulmonary tuberculosis, entered the National Jewish Hospital for Consumptives, was cured, and began his research career. In 1926, he joined the Henry Phipps Institute of the University of Pennsylvania as a Fellow in Pathology, and worked closely with Eugene L. Opie, director of the Institute. Lurie spent the rest of his career at the Phipps Institute. After his fellowship, he was an Assistant Professor of Experimental Pathology, then Associate Professor, and, finally, full Professor, from 1955 until his retirement in 1962, when he was granted Emeritus status.

Lurie is best known for his research and contributions to the study of innate and genetic resistance to tuberculosis. Most of his research at the Phipps Institute was based on a colony of rabbits which Lurie bred to illustrate hereditary resistance and susceptibility to the disease. He also isolated the roles of the cortico adrenal hormones and thyroid hormone derivatives in response to infection, worked on the destruction of tubercle bacilli by the human macrophage, and, in conjunction with W. F. Wells, used ultraviolet light to sterilize air. Lurie published many articles and described his later work in Resistance to tuberculosis: experimental studies in native and acquired defensive mechanisms which was published in 1964.

Lurie received several honors for his work, including the Dearbolt lectureship, the Claude Bernard Medal, the Trudeau Medal, and the Philadelphia Tuberculosis and Health Association Award. He was elected to fellowship in the College of Physicians of Philadelphia in 1947, was a fellow of the New York Academy of Sciences, and a member of the Association of Pathology and Bacteriology, the Association of Immunology, and the Society of Experimental Biologists.

The collection contains correspondence, personal papers, addresses, and writings, 1926-1967, of Max B. Lurie, documenting his life, professional career, and research into genetic resistance to tuberculosis.

Lurie's professional correspondence, 1928-1966, is preserved in Series 1. Principal correspondents are Lurie's colleagues or collaborators in tuberculosis research, many of them associated with the Henry Phipps Institute of the University of Pennsylvania, including Samuel Abramson, Marvin J. Allison, Arthur M. Dannenberg, Jr., A. G. Heppleston, Hsiu Sheng Hsu, Esmond R. Long, Valy Menkin, Stuart Mudd, Eugene L. Opie, Max Pinner, Sidney Raffel, Paul B. Sawin, Abram B. Stavitsky, Emanuel Suter, Charles Weiss, and Peter Zappasodi. The subjects of the correspondence are Lurie's research and career at the Henry Phipps Institute, particularly his work with a rabbit colony bred to demonstrate inherited and innate resistance to tuberculosis; his published writings; evaluations and recommendations of student assistants; information concerning the exchange of tubercle bacilli strains between laboratories for research; and funding for Lurie's research and projects.

Series 1 also contains correspondence, 1935-1959, from Emanuel Gamoran, Lurie's brother in law, who was Director of the Department of Education of the Union of American Hebrew Congregations, and Lurie's correspondence, 1940-1956, with the General Electric Company, describing his work on the sterilization of air using ultraviolet light.

Lurie's personal papers, 1926-1967, are contained in Series 2. The series includes correspondence containing biographical and genealogical information; evaluations of his physical condition, including Lurie's own record of his observations of prothrombin; a typescript biography, circa 1958, by Dianne Epstein; and three photographs of Lurie taken by his colleague Peter Zappasodi in 1952.

Series 3 contains typescripts of three of Lurie's addresses concerning his work with resistance to tuberculosis, 1952-1960. Typescript and holograph manuscripts of several of Lurie's published articles, 1946-1965, including drafts of a paper describing his work with the rabbit colony at the Phipps Institute, along with related correspondence, bibliographies, andjbook reviews, are preserved in Series 4.

The Max B. Lurie Papers were donated to the Historical Collections of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia by the Estate of Max B. Lurie, circa 29 November 1969. A preliminary survey was made, probably in the 1970s. The collection was processed and catalogued in June 1990.

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Collection Inventory

1. A, 1937-1965.
Box 1 Folder 1
2. Abramson, Samuel, 1941-1962.
Box 1 Folder 2
3. Adams, William N., 1963.
Box 1 Folder 3
4. Allison, Marvin J., 1946-1965.
Box 1 Folder 4
5. Amberson, J. Burns, 1957-1958.
Box 1 Folder 5
6. American Institute of Biological Sciences, 1959-1964.
Box 1 Folder 6
7. American Society of Human Genetics, 1951-1953.
Box 1 Folder 7
8. American review of tuberculosis, 1942-1956.
Box 1 Folder 8
9. Appel, Frederick W., 1960.
Box 1 Folder 9
10. Aronson, Joseph D. and Charlotte F., 1936-1961.
Box 1 Folder 10
11. Arguelles, M. V., 1946-1947.
Box 1 Folder 11
12. B, 1940-1965.
Box 1 Folder 12
13. Bagan, Mary A., 1939-1947.
Box 1 Folder 13
14. Barnwell, John B., 1947-1948.
Box 1 Folder 14
15. Bennett, William E., 1963;1965.
Box 1 Folder 15
16. Berne, Jeanette, 1951-1958.
Box 1 Folder 16
17. Bio Sciences Information Exchange, 1949-1960.
Box 1 Folder 17
18. Blaker, Robert G., 1955-1962.
Box 1 Folder 18
19. Bloch, Hubert, 1950-1960.
Box 1 Folder 19
20. Boquet, Alfred, 1933.
Box 1 Folder 20
21. Boquet, Paul, 1948-1963.
Box 1 Folder 21
22. Bronfenbrenner, J., 1935;1937.
Box 1 Folder 22
23. Bustinza, F., 1947-1957.
Box 1 Folder 23
24. C, 1937-1963.
Box 2 Folder 1
25. Calmette, A., 1932.
Box 2 Folder 2
26. Canetti, Georges, 1954-1965.
Box 2 Folder 3
27. Cardona Lynch, Eugenia, 1950-1952.
Box 2 Folder 4
28. Charles C. Thomas, Publisher, 1950-1952.
Box 2 Folder 5
29. Choucroun, Nine, 1947-1966.
Box 2 Folder 6
30. CIBA Pharmaceutical Products, 1948-1953.
Box 2 Folder 7
31. Coca, Arthur F., 1936-1946.
Box 2 Folder 8
32. College of Physicians of Philadelphia, 1949-1965.
Box 2 Folder 9
33. Cooper, David A., 1939-1963.
Box 2 Folder 10
34. D, 1940-1958.
Box 2 Folder 11
35. Dannenberg, Arthur M., Jr., 1949-1965.
Box 2 Folder 12
36. Davis, Bernard D., 1945-1950.
Box 2 Folder 13
37. Dubos, Rene J., 1945-1964.
Box 2 Folder 14
38. Duran Reynals, Francisco, 1955-1957.
Box 2 Folder 15
39. E, 1936-1959.
Box 3 Folder 1
40. Ella Sachs Plots Foundation, 1946-1947.
Box 3 Folder 2
41. F, 1935-1966.
Box 3 Folder 3
42. F. A. Davis Company, 1937-1949.
Box 3 Folder 4
43. Fahy, Agnes, 1958-1965.
Box 3 Folder 5
44. Favez, G., 1957;1961.
Box 3 Folder 6
45. Feldman, William H., 1935-1959.
Box 3 Folder 7
46. Frenkel, J. K., 1960-1961.
Box 3 Folder 8
47. Freund, Jules, 1932-1960.
Box 3 Folder 9
48. Furth, Jacob, 1930-1961.
Box 3 Folder 10
49. G, 1932-1960.
Box 3 Folder 11
50. Gamoran, Emanuel, 1935-1959.
Box 3 Folder 12
51. Gardner, Leroy U., 1935-1946.
Box 3 Folder 13
52. General Electric Company, 1940-1956.
Box 3 Folder 14
53. Gianforte, Edward M., 1958-1961.
Box 3 Folder 15
54. Goldfarb, Stanley, 1951.
Box 3 Folder 16
55. Gonzales, Luis M., 1951-1952.
Box 3 Folder 17
56. Gots, Joseph S., 1960.
Box 3 Folder 18
57. Gowen, John W., 1953-1961.
Box 3 Folder 19
58. Greene, Harry S. N., 1938-1946;1961.
Box 3 Folder 20
59. H, 1941-1961.
Box 3 Folder 21
60. Hatfield, Charles J., 1935-1947.
Box 3 Folder 22
61. Hanks, John H., 1955-1965.
Box 4 Folder 1
62. Harris, Tzvee N., 1954-1963.
Box 4 Folder 2
63. Heffron, Roderick, 1961.
Box 4 Folder 3
64. Heller, John H., 1957-1959.
Box 4 Folder 4
65. Heppleston, A. G., 1947-1962.
Box 4 Folder 5
66. Howard University, 1939-1940.
Box 4 Folder 6
67. Hsu, Hsiu Sheng, 1956-1964.
Box 4 Folder 7
68. I, 1935-1960.
Box 4 Folder 8
69. Ingalls, Theodore H., 1959-1964.
Box 4 Folder 9
70. Israel, Harold L., 1940-1949;1965.
Box 4 Folder 10
71. J, 1941-1960.
Box 4 Folder 11
72. Janoff, Aaron, 1963.
Box 4 Folder 12
73. Journal of experimental medicine, 1928-1952.
Box 4 Folder 13
74. K, 1939-1964.
Box 4 Folder 14
75. Kanakas, Nicholas, 1948-1949.
Box 4 Folder 15
76. Karsner, Howard T., 1928-1941.
Box 4 Folder 16
77. Kass, Edward H., 1954-1962.
Box 4 Folder 17
78. Kety, Seymour S., 1956;1961.
Box 4 Folder 18
79. Klingberg, Marcus A., 1964-1966.
Box 4 Folder 19
80. Koprowska, Irena, 1953-1954.
Box 4 Folder 20
81. Kunigoshi, Uichi, 1963.
Box 4 Folder 21
82. L, 1941-1964.
Box 4 Folder 22
83. Lack, C. H., 1954-1958 5.
Box 4 Folder 23
84. Levy, Richard S., 1955-1959.
Box 5 Folder 1
85. Lichtman, S. S., 1935;1944.
Box 5 Folder 2
86. Lincoln, Edith M., 1954-1955.
Box 5 Folder 3
87. Long, Esmond R., 1935-1964.
Box 5 Folder 4
88. Lurie, Abraham A. "Avi", 1940-1960.
Box 5 Folder 5
89. M, 1938-1962.
Box 5 Folder 6
90. Mackaness, George B., 1960;1964.
Box 5 Folder 7
91. Master, Arthur M., 1950-1964.
Box 5 Folder 8
92. McDermott, Walsh, 1960;1963.
Box 5 Folder 9
93. Medlar, E. M., 1932-1956.
Box 5 Folder 10
94. Meissner, Gertrud, 1962.
Box 5 Folder 11
95. Mellman, William J., 1962.
Box 5 Folder 12
96. Menkin, Valy, 1931-1962.
Box 5 Folder 13
97. Menotti, A. R., 1949.
Box 5 Folder 14
98. Middlebrook, Gardner, 1946-1960.
Box 5 Folder 15
99. Mudd, Stuart, 1934-1965.
Box 5 Folder 16
100. N, 1940-1961.
Box 5 Folder 17
101. Neter, Erwin, 1962.
Box 5 Folder 18
102. O, 1941-1966.
Box 6 Folder 1
103. Opie, Eugene L., 1932-1963.
Box 6 Folder 2
104. Oppenheimer, Ernst, 1947-1949.
Box 6 Folder 3
105. Ornstein, George G., 1935;1955.
Box 6 Folder 4
106. P, 1929-1962.
Box 6 Folder 5
107. Palmer, Caroll E., 1951-1954.
Box 6 Folder 6
108. Philadelphia Tuberculosis and Health Association, 1949.
Box 6 Folder 7
109. Pincus, Gregory, 1943-1961.
Box 6 Folder 8
110. Pinner, Max, 1932-1948.
Box 6 Folder 9
111. Querol L., Mariano, 1957.
Box 6 Folder 10
112. R, 1937-1962.
Box 6 Folder 11
113. Radiation safety, 1956;1961.
Box 6 Folder 12
114. Raffel, Sidney, 1952-1963.
Box 6 Folder 13
115. Rich, Arnold R., 1934-1945;1960.
Box 6 Folder 14
116. S, 1932-1963.
Box 6 Folder 15
117. Sawin, Paul B., 1945-1963.
Box 6 Folder 16
118. Seabra, Paulo, 1953-1963.
Box 6 Folder 17
119. Selye, Hans, 1946-1951.
Box 7 Folder 1
120. Shapiro, Herbert, 1948-1950.
Box 7 Folder 2
121. Shwartzman, Gregory, 1951-1952.
Box 7 Folder 3
122. Sillastu, Heinart, 1961-1962.
Box 7 Folder 4
123. Smith, Kline French Laboratories, 1951-1959.
Box 7 Folder 5
124. Spaulding, Earle H., 1941;1951-1960.
Box 7 Folder 6
125. Stavitsky, A. B., 1946-1963.
Box 7 Folder 7
126. Steenken, William, Jr., 1945-1956.
Box 7 Folder 8
127. Sturgis, Katharine R., 1953-1965.
Box 7 Folder 9
128. Suter, Emanuel, 1952-1960.
Box 7 Folder 10
129. University of Pennsylvania Faculty Research Committee, 1943;1946.
Box 7 Folder 11
130. W, 1938-1961.
Box 7 Folder 12
131. Weiss, Charles, 1935-1961.
Box 7 Folder 13
132. Weiss, George, 1951-1956.
Box 7 Folder 14
133. White, Abraham, 1946-1948.
Box 7 Folder 15
134. Willis, Henry Stuart, 1929-1963.
Box 7 Folder 16
135. Wilson, Julius L., 1955-1964.
Box 7 Folder 17
136. X Y Z, 1932-1959.
Box 7 Folder 18
137. Zappasodi, Peter, 1938-1953.
Box 7 Folder 19

1. Personal correspondence, 1926-1966.
Box 8 Folder 1
2. Biography by Dianne Epstein, circa1958.
Box 8 Folder 2
3. Prothrombin time, 1958-1959.
Box 8 Folder 3
4. Printed material, 1953-1967.
Box 8 Folder 4
5. Photographs, 1952.
Box 8 Folder 5

1. "Constitutional factors in resistance to tuberculosis", Cornell Medical College Alumni Day, Ithaca, N.Y., 1952 April 19 typescript, 5 p., 1952.
Box 8 Folder 6
2. "On native resistance to tuberculosis", Jefferson Society for Student Research, Philadelphia, Pa., 1960 March 29 typescript, 18 p., 1960.
Box 8 Folder 7
3. "Advances in basic sciences", [n.p.], 1960 September 13 typescript, 4 p., 1960.
Box 8 Folder 8

1. Bibliographies, 1933;1945.
Box 8 Folder 9
2. "Effect of exogenous superinfection on naturally acquired bovine tuberculosis in inbred rabbits" correspondence and abstract, 1946.
Box 8 Folder 10
3. "Constitutional factors in resistance to infection: the effect of cortisone on the pathogenesis of tuberculosis" typescript, 7 p., and correspondence, 1950-1951.
Box 8 Folder 11
4. "Native and acquired resistance to tuberculosis" typescript emendations and correspondence, 1951.
Box 9 Folder 12
5. "Reduced responsiveness to antigenic stimulation as a factor associated with native susceptibility to tuberculosis" typescript, , and research data, 1952.
Box 9 Folder 13
6. "Constitutional factors in resistance to infection, a study in the integration of the organism" typescripts, 14 p. and 15 p., and correspondence, 1956.
Box 9 Folder 14
7. "The Phipps inbred rabbit colony" typescript drafts and correspondence, 1964-1965.
Box 9 Folder 15
8. "Immunological aspects of steroid therapy" Holograph, 21 p., typescript, (19 p.), and correspondence, 1965.
Box 9 Folder 16
9. "On the role of the thyroid in native resistance to tuberculosis" abstract, undated.
Box 9 Folder 17
10. Book reviews, 1944;1955.
Box 9 Folder 18

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