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Jessie Marmorston

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Jessie Marmorston
A smiling middle-aged white woman with dark bouffant hair
Jessie Marmorston, from a 1980 newspaper
BornSeptember 15, 1897
Kyiv, Russian Empire
DiedOctober 21, 1980(1980-10-21) (aged 83)
Los Angeles, California, US
Occupation(s)Physician, endocrinologist, college professor
Spouse(s)Julius Gottesman
David Perla
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(m. 1933; died 1940)​

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(m. 1945; died 1975)​
RelativesSamuel Pisar (son-in-law)

Jessica "Jessie" Marmorston (1897[1] – October 21, 1980) was a Russian-born American physician, endocrinologist, and medical school professor.

Early life and education

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Marmorston was born in Kyiv, Ukraine, then a part of the Russian Empire, the daughter of Aaron Marmoston and Ethel Wark Marmoston. Her family was Jewish. She moved to the United States as a child, with her parents, and grew up in Buffalo, New York.[2] She completed her medical degree at the University of Buffalo School of Medicine in 1924.[3]

Career

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Marmorston served a bacteriology internship at the Montefiore Hospital in New York City.[4] At Cornell University Medical College she worked as an immunologist with David Perla. In 1943, she became an assistant professor of medicine at the University of Southern California (USC). In 1953 she became professor of experimental medicine, and in 1957 clinical professor of medicine.[3] She was elected a fellow of the American College of Physicians.[5] She held attending physician privileges at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center and Los Angeles County Hospital.[2] In 1972, she was quoted in an Ann Landers column on breastfeeding, as a "distinguished endocrinologist".[6]

While based in Los Angeles, Marmorston was the personal physician and daily confidante of studio head Louis B. Mayer.[7][8] She parlayed her Hollywood connections to raise funds for USC scholarships.[3] In 1960, the Los Angeles Times named her one of their ten Women of the Year.[9][10]

Selected publications

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Marmorston's research focused on the interactions of hormones, mental health, heart disease, and cancer.[11][12] Her work was published in academic journals including Science,[13] Archives of Internal Medicine,[14][15] Journal of Experimental Medicine,[16] The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism,[17] American Review of Tuberculosis,[18] The Journal of Urology,[19] American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology,[20] Journal of Clinical Psychology,[21] and Cancer Research.[22] A selection of articles and monographs written or co-written by Marmorston suggests the range of her studies:

  • The Spleen and Its Relation to Resistance (1926, with David Perla)[4]
  • "Effect of Splenectomy on a Latent Infection, Eperythrozoon Coccoides, in White Mice" (1935)[23]
  • "The Effect of Splenectomy on Tuberculous Infection in Mice" (1937)[18]
  • Natural Resistance and Clinical Medicine (1941, with David Perla)[4]
  • "Experimental Basis of Sulfonamide Therapy in Bacillary Dysentery" (1946, with Frederick J. Moore, John F. Kessel, and D. G. Simonsen)[24]
  • "The Possible Role of Squalene as a Protective Agent in Sebum" (1956, with Harry Sobel)[22]
  • "Effects of Long-Term Estrogen Therapy on Serum Cholesterol and Phospholipids in Men with Myocardial Infarction" (1959, with Frederick J. Moore, Oscar Magdison, Oliver Kuzma, and Jack J. Lewis)[15]
  • "Prognostic Features of Acute Myocardial Infarction in Men: A One-Year Study at the Los Angeles County Hospital" (1960, with Albert E. White and Frederick J. Moore)[14]
  • "Effect of Two Synthetic Estrogens on the Level of Serum Protein-Bound Iodine in Men and Women with Atherosclerotic Heart Disease" (1961, with Ralph W. Alexander)[17]
  • "Scoring Raven's Coloured Progressive Matrices to Differentiate Brain Damage" (1964, with Ray B. Evans)[21]
  • "Hormone Excretion Patterns in Breast and Prostate Cancer Are Abnormal" (1964, with Elizabeth Stern, Carl E. Hopkins, and John M. Weiner)[13]

Personal life

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Marmorston married a fellow physician, Julius Gottesman; they divorced. Her second husband was her colleague, David Perla; they married in 1933 and he died in 1940. Her third husband was film producer Lawrence Weingarten. They married in 1945, and he died in 1975.[25] She had three daughters.[26] One of her daughters married lawyer and diplomat Samuel Pisar. One of her granddaughters is married to financier Daniel Pinto.[27] Jessie Marmorston died in 1980, in her late seventies or early eighties, in Los Angeles.[2][28]

References

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  1. ^ Marmorston's birth year is given as 1897, 1898, 1899, 1900, 1901, or 1903 in various sources. The Social Security Death Index gives her birthdate as September 15, 1897; via Fold3
  2. ^ a b c Rego, David Alan. "Jessie Marmorston". Jewish Women's Archive. Retrieved 2021-12-24.
  3. ^ a b c Emrich, John and Charles Richter. "Hidden Figures of AAI: Five Women Pioneers in Immunology" The American Association of Immunologists (April 2020).
  4. ^ a b c Perla, David; Marmorston, Jessie (1941). Natural resistance and clinical medicine. Boston: Little, Brown.
  5. ^ Luther, Marylou (1960-03-28). "Woman Doctor Elected to Physicians College". The Los Angeles Times. p. 31. Retrieved 2021-12-24 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ Landers, Ann (1972-11-27). "Controversy over Nursing is Finally Settled". The Daily Advocate. p. 5. Retrieved 2021-12-24 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ Eyman, Scott (2008-06-23). Lion of Hollywood: The Life and Legend of Louis B. Mayer. Simon and Schuster. pp. 368–370. ISBN 978-1-4391-0791-1.
  8. ^ Cavendish, Richard (October 2007). "The Death of Louis B. Mayer". History Today. Retrieved 2021-12-24.
  9. ^ Nelson, Harry (1961-01-18). "Woman of the Year: Dr. Marmorston in Battle to Find Heart Attack Cause". The Los Angeles Times. p. 31. Retrieved 2021-12-24 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ "Dr. Marmorston Tribute to be Paid at Dinner". The Los Angeles Times. 1976-08-29. p. 458. Retrieved 2021-12-24 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ Riker, Barbara (1969-04-10). "Wife, Martini Prescribed for Longer Husband Life". The Los Angeles Times. p. 142. Retrieved 2021-12-24 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ^ Smith, Dianne (1974-05-06). "Doctor advocates estrogen pill daily". Independent. p. 14. Retrieved 2021-12-24 – via Newspapers.com.
  13. ^ a b Stern, Elizabeth; Hopkins, Carl E.; Weiner, John M.; Marmorston, Jessie (1964-08-14). "Hormone Excretion Patterns in Breast and Prostate Cancer Are Abnormal". Science. 145 (3633): 716–719. Bibcode:1964Sci...145..716S. doi:10.1126/science.145.3633.716. ISSN 0036-8075. PMID 14163804. S2CID 42783967.
  14. ^ a b White, Albert E.; Marmorston, Jessie; Moore, Frederick J. (1960-06-01). "Prognostic Features of Acute Myocardial Infarction in Men: A One-Year Study at the Los Angeles County Hospital". A.M.A. Archives of Internal Medicine. 105 (6): 859–865. doi:10.1001/archinte.1960.00270180037005. ISSN 0888-2479. PMID 13844330.
  15. ^ a b Marmorston, Jessie; Moore, Frederick J.; Magidson, Oscar; Kuzma, Oliver; Lewis, Jack J. (1959-11-01). "Effects of long-term estrogen therapy on serum cholesterol and phospholipids in men with myocardial infarction". Annals of Internal Medicine. 51 (5): 972–982. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-51-5-972. ISSN 0003-4819. PMID 14421379.
  16. ^ Sellers, Alvin L.; Roberts, Sidney; Rask, Irene; Smith, Stephen III; Marmorston, Jessie; Goodman, Howard C. (1952-05-01). "An Electrophoretic Study of Urinary Protein in the Rat". Journal of Experimental Medicine. 95 (5): 465–472. doi:10.1084/jem.95.5.465. ISSN 0022-1007. PMC 2212078. PMID 14927799.
  17. ^ a b Alexander, Ralph W.; Marmorston, Jessie (1961-03-01). "Effect of Two Synthetic Estrogens on the Level of Serum Protein-Bound Iodine in Men and Women with Atherosclerotic Heart Disease". The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism. 21 (3): 243–251. doi:10.1210/jcem-21-3-243. ISSN 0021-972X. PMID 13682367.
  18. ^ a b Marmorston, Jessie (1937-07-01). "The Effect of Splenectomy on Tuberculous Infection in Mice". American Review of Tuberculosis. 36 (1): 119–125. doi:10.1164/art.1937.36.1.119 (inactive 1 November 2024). ISSN 0096-0381.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: DOI inactive as of November 2024 (link)
  19. ^ Marmorston, Jessie; Lombardo, Louis J.; Myers, Sara M.; Gierson, Hyman; Stern, Elizabeth; Hopkins, Carl E. (1965-02-01). "Urinary Excretion of Estrone, Estradiol and Estriol by Patients with Prostatic Cancer and Benign Prostatic Hypertrophy". Journal of Urology. 93 (2): 287–295. doi:10.1016/S0022-5347(17)63760-1. PMID 14260883.
  20. ^ Marmorston, Jessie; Crowley, Lawrence G.; Myers, Sara M.; Stern, Elizabeth; Hopkins, Carl E. (June 1965). "I. Urinary excretion of neutral 17-ketosteroids and pregnanediol by patients with breast cancer and benign breast disease". American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology. 92 (4): 447–459. doi:10.1016/S0002-9378(16)34834-7. PMID 14305945.
  21. ^ a b Evans, Rat B.; Marmorston, Jessie (1964). "Scoring raven's coloured progressive matrices to differentiate brain damage". Journal of Clinical Psychology. 20 (3): 360–364. doi:10.1002/1097-4679(196407)20:3<360::AID-JCLP2270200312>3.0.CO;2-E. ISSN 1097-4679. PMID 14177653.
  22. ^ a b Sobel, Harry; Marmorston, Jessie (1956-07-01). "The Possible Role of Squalene as a Protective Agent in Sebum". Cancer Research. 16 (6): 500–503. ISSN 0008-5472. PMID 13343121.
  23. ^ Marmorston, Jessie (1935). "Effect of Splenectomy on a Latent Infection, Eperythrozoon Coccoides, in White Mice". The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 56 (2): 142–152. doi:10.1093/infdis/56.2.142. ISSN 0022-1899. JSTOR 30084722.
  24. ^ Moore, Frederick J.; Kessel, John F.; Simonsen, D. G.; Marmorston, Jessie (1946). "Experimental Basis of Sulfonamide Therapy in Bacillary Dysentery". The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 78 (1): 25–31. doi:10.1093/infdis/78.1.25. ISSN 0022-1899. JSTOR 30089341. PMID 21016042.
  25. ^ "Lawrence Weingarten, 77, Dies; Produced 75 Movies for M-G-M". The New York Times. 1975-02-09. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-12-24.
  26. ^ "Auxiliary to Honor 'Mothers of the Year'". Los Angeles Evening Citizen News. 1959-05-05. p. 6. Retrieved 2021-12-24 – via Newspapers.com.
  27. ^ Erlanger, Steven (2015-07-29). "Samuel Pisar Dies at 86; Lawyer and Adviser Survived Nazi Camps". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-12-24.
  28. ^ "Dr. Jessica Marmorston, 80". The Record. October 22, 1980. p. D14. Retrieved 2021-12-24 – via Newspapers.com.
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