1898-1963. Practiced in Tucson from 1928-1960. A director of the Desert Sanatorium. ArMA president: 1941. Arizona Medical Board record. See Tucson Citizen 12.16.2006 article (with photo) "Lookin' Back: Pioneering Tucson doctor, WWII vet loved the anecdote." Founding president of the Arthritis and Rheumatism Foundation (1948). Son: John P. Holbrook MD.
Address per 1935 Arizona State Medical Directory: 4 E. Congress St., Tucson.
Members of the PCMS 1904-1930
Kennedy, John W. Arizona Medical Association : the first hundred years, 1892-1991. Flagstaff, Ariz. : Heritage Publishers, 1993, page 160.
See History of Arizona medicine; collections of Orville Harry Brown, M.D. [AHSL Special Collections WZ 70 AA7 H673].
Sloan, Richard E. History of Arizona. Phoenix, Record Pub. Co., 1930, volume 4 (Arizona biography), page 604.
Lt. Col. Holbrook, mentioned in the 12/8/1942 Minutes of the Pima County Medical Society, 1904-1954, probably refers to William Paul Holbrook MD:
“Lt. Col. Holbrook just returned for a short visit, was asked to speak a few short words regarding the status of some of members already in the service. Col. Holbrook also spoke of the importance of keeping the proper balance of civilian and service doctors throughout the country.”
HILL DF. Ariz Med. 1963 Nov;20:41A. W. PAUL HOLBROOK, M.D. 1898--1963.
J Am Med Assoc, May 1943; 122: 314: AVIATION MEDICAL EXAMINERS. Another class of aviation medical examiners graduated on March 11. Graduation exercises were held at the School of Aviation Medicine in Texas and at the three army air forces classification centers, where the practical portion of the course was conducted. Following is a list of the students graduated : ... ARIZONA. Delbert W. Hess, 1st Lieut., Tucson. William P. Holbrook, Lieut.-Col., Tucson. Meyer M. Mandel, 1st Lieut., Tucson.
J Am Med Assoc, Jul 1948; 137: 1142: The Arthritis and Rheumatism Foundation. -- Dr. W. Paul Holbrook, Tucson, Ariz., has announced the formation of a foundation to promote the study of arthritis and other rheumatic conditions. The new foundation is sponsored by the American Rheumatism Association in cooperation with the National Arthritis Research Foundation, the Detroit Fund for Crippling Diseases, and others. ... The medical policies and activities of the new foundation will be under the direction of a medical and scientific committee now being organized. The chairman of the board of directors is Floyd B. Odium, Indio, Calif., president of the Atlas Corporation. ... In addition to Mr. Odium and Dr. Holbrook, the president, the board of directors of the new foundation are : ... Dr. Richard H. Freyberg, New York, associate professor of clinical medicine, Cornell University Medical College, and president of the American Rheumatism Association....
J Am Med Assoc, Jul 1957; 164: 1469 - 1472: COUNCIL ON DRUGS. Formerly the Council on Pharmacy and Chemistry. Report to the Council. CURRENT STATUS OF THE TREATMENT OF RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS. W. Paul Holbrook, M.D., Donald F. Hill, M.D. and Charles A. L. Stephens Jr., M.D., Tucson, Ariz., Southwestern Clinic and Research Institute.
JAMA, Jan 1970; 211(1): p. 41, 43: Cyclophosphamide's Effects On Arthritis Studied. ... William M. Fosdick, MD, of the Holbrook-Hill Medical Group, Tucson, presented the other report. Tucson Study. The Tucson study, by Dr. Fosdick and two collaborators, James L. Parsons, MD, and Donald F. Hill, MD, included 108 patients who received cyclophosphamide for six months to six years....
JAMA, Jan 1964; 187: 170: Holbrook, William Paul; Tucson, Ariz.; born in Springfield, Ark., May 28, 1898; University of Oregon Medical School, Portland, 1926; certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine; first national president of the Arthritis and Rheumatism Foundation; past-president of the Arizona State Medical Association and the American Rheumatism Association; veteran of World Wars I and II; consultant in medicine to the Surgeon General, US Air Force and the Veterans Bureau; a member of the rheumatism study section, US Public Health Service and chairman of the Macy Foundation Conference on Connective Tissue; joint author of Manual of Rheumatic Diseases; died in Springerville Sept 16, aged 65, of a heart attack.
Address per 1935 Arizona State Medical Directory: 4 E. Congress St., Tucson.
Members of the PCMS 1904-1930
Kennedy, John W. Arizona Medical Association : the first hundred years, 1892-1991. Flagstaff, Ariz. : Heritage Publishers, 1993, page 160.
See History of Arizona medicine; collections of Orville Harry Brown, M.D. [AHSL Special Collections WZ 70 AA7 H673].
Sloan, Richard E. History of Arizona. Phoenix, Record Pub. Co., 1930, volume 4 (Arizona biography), page 604.
Lt. Col. Holbrook, mentioned in the 12/8/1942 Minutes of the Pima County Medical Society, 1904-1954, probably refers to William Paul Holbrook MD:
“Lt. Col. Holbrook just returned for a short visit, was asked to speak a few short words regarding the status of some of members already in the service. Col. Holbrook also spoke of the importance of keeping the proper balance of civilian and service doctors throughout the country.”
HILL DF. Ariz Med. 1963 Nov;20:41A. W. PAUL HOLBROOK, M.D. 1898--1963.
J Am Med Assoc, May 1943; 122: 314: AVIATION MEDICAL EXAMINERS. Another class of aviation medical examiners graduated on March 11. Graduation exercises were held at the School of Aviation Medicine in Texas and at the three army air forces classification centers, where the practical portion of the course was conducted. Following is a list of the students graduated : ... ARIZONA. Delbert W. Hess, 1st Lieut., Tucson. William P. Holbrook, Lieut.-Col., Tucson. Meyer M. Mandel, 1st Lieut., Tucson.
J Am Med Assoc, Jul 1948; 137: 1142: The Arthritis and Rheumatism Foundation. -- Dr. W. Paul Holbrook, Tucson, Ariz., has announced the formation of a foundation to promote the study of arthritis and other rheumatic conditions. The new foundation is sponsored by the American Rheumatism Association in cooperation with the National Arthritis Research Foundation, the Detroit Fund for Crippling Diseases, and others. ... The medical policies and activities of the new foundation will be under the direction of a medical and scientific committee now being organized. The chairman of the board of directors is Floyd B. Odium, Indio, Calif., president of the Atlas Corporation. ... In addition to Mr. Odium and Dr. Holbrook, the president, the board of directors of the new foundation are : ... Dr. Richard H. Freyberg, New York, associate professor of clinical medicine, Cornell University Medical College, and president of the American Rheumatism Association....
J Am Med Assoc, Jul 1957; 164: 1469 - 1472: COUNCIL ON DRUGS. Formerly the Council on Pharmacy and Chemistry. Report to the Council. CURRENT STATUS OF THE TREATMENT OF RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS. W. Paul Holbrook, M.D., Donald F. Hill, M.D. and Charles A. L. Stephens Jr., M.D., Tucson, Ariz., Southwestern Clinic and Research Institute.
JAMA, Jan 1970; 211(1): p. 41, 43: Cyclophosphamide's Effects On Arthritis Studied. ... William M. Fosdick, MD, of the Holbrook-Hill Medical Group, Tucson, presented the other report. Tucson Study. The Tucson study, by Dr. Fosdick and two collaborators, James L. Parsons, MD, and Donald F. Hill, MD, included 108 patients who received cyclophosphamide for six months to six years....
JAMA, Jan 1964; 187: 170: Holbrook, William Paul; Tucson, Ariz.; born in Springfield, Ark., May 28, 1898; University of Oregon Medical School, Portland, 1926; certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine; first national president of the Arthritis and Rheumatism Foundation; past-president of the Arizona State Medical Association and the American Rheumatism Association; veteran of World Wars I and II; consultant in medicine to the Surgeon General, US Air Force and the Veterans Bureau; a member of the rheumatism study section, US Public Health Service and chairman of the Macy Foundation Conference on Connective Tissue; joint author of Manual of Rheumatic Diseases; died in Springerville Sept 16, aged 65, of a heart attack.
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History of Arizona medicine; collections of Orville Harry Brown, M.D. [AHSL Special Collections WZ 70 AA7 H673]
volume 3, page(s) 276,277; volume 7, page(s) 390-392,395,397,398,403,404,406,407; volume 8, page(s) 51,63,64,352; volume 11, page(s) 253,255,257
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Tucson