- Joseph Benjamin Stenbuck
Joseph Benjamin Stenbuck (
December 22 ,1891 –June 1 ,1951 ) was a leading Manhattan surgeon atSydenham andHarlem Hospital . [cite news |first= |last= |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=Dr. J. Stenbuck, 59, Leader in Surgery. Held High Posts at Sydenham and Harlem Hospitals. |url=http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F40F17FC3F5D147B93C0A9178DD85F458585F9 |quote=Dr. Joseph Stenbuck, consulting surgeon, died yesterday in his home, 49 East Ninety-sixth Street, at the age of 59. |publisher=New York Times |date=June 2 ,1951 , Saturday |accessdate=2008-07-02 ]Biography
He was born on
December 22 ,1891 inNew York City . [World War I draft registration] [World War II draft registration; Joseph Benjamin Stenbuck] [New York City Birth Index Joseph B. Stenbuck; 22 Dec 1891; 46211] He married Erna Mankiewicz (1901-1979), she was the sister ofJoseph L. Mankiewicz . [cite news |first= |last= |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=Joseph Mankiewicz Weds. MGM Producer Marries Rose Stradner, Viennese Actress. |url=http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F50C15FA3954107A93CBAB178CD85F4D8385F9 |quote= Joseph L. Mankiewicz, motion picture executive, and Rose Stradner, ... the home of the bridegroom's sister, Mrs. Erma Stenbuck, 49 East Ninety-sixth Street. ... |publisher=New York Times |date=July 29 ,1939 |accessdate=2008-07-02 ] [cite news |first= |last= |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=Erna Mankiewicz Stenbuck, 78, Retired New York Schoolteacher |url= http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F2071FF9355C12728DDDA00994D0405B898BF1D3 |quote=Erna Mankiewicz Stenbuck, a retired, teacher in the New York City schools, died Aug. 1 in Villach, Austria, where she had lived for several years. She was 78 years old. ... She was married in ... to Dr. Joseph Stenbuck, a New York City surgeon who died in 1951. They had no children. She is survived by a brother, Joseph L. ... |publisher=New York Times |date=August 19 ,1979 |accessdate=2008-07-02 ]He was accused of working for Soviet intelligence and acting as a mail drop and receiver of stolen blueprints for
Robert Osman in 1933. [cite book |last=Haynes |first=John Earl |authorlink= |coauthors=Harvey Klehr |title=Venona: Decoding Soviet Espionage in America |year=1999 |publisher=Yale University Press |quote=Stenbuck, Joseph: acted as a mail drop and receiver of stolen blueprints for Robert Osman in 1933. | url=http://books.google.com/books?id=M8p00bTFvRkC&pg=RA2-PA381&lpg=RA2-PA381&dq=Joseph+Stenbuck&source=web&ots=0BiXGMMJdU&sig=oeG7G6zBhq6kjlPTjlzN8eeaQGk&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=10&ct=result |isbn= ] [cite news |first= |last= |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=U.S. Corporal Gets Two Years as Red Spy. $10,000 Fine May Extend Term to 20 Years. |quote=Corporal Ralph Osman of the United States Army was found guilty today of violating the Espionage Act and sentenced to two years' hard labor and fined $10,000, which, if unpaid, amounts to an additional eighteen years' imprisonment. ... He received funds fromHarry Duryea , whose address was care of Dr. Joseph Stenbuck, 1185 Park Avenue, New York. Osman said Duryea visited him here twice, ...|url=http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=FA0917F93E5B137A93C3AA1783D85F478385F9 |publisher=New York Times |date=August 31 ,1933 |accessdate=2008-07-02 ] That same year he was working inHarlem Hospital . In 1934 he was President of Mount Sinai Hospital Alumni Executive Board. [cite web |url=http://www.mssm.edu/alumni/about/past_presidents.shtml |title=Past Alumni Executive Board Presidents |accessdate=2008-07-02 |quote= |publisher=Mount Sinai Hospital |accessdate=2008-07-02 |] In 1939 he was made a medical officer (battalion chief) earning $5,000 a year in theNew York City Fire Department . [cite news |first= |last= |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=Fire Department |url=http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F60817F6345B11728DDDA80894DF405B898FF1D3 |quote=Dr. Joseph B. Stenbuck is [appointed] as a medical officer (battalion chief) with compensation at the rate of $5,000 per annum, |publisher=New York Times |date=July 1 ,1939 |accessdate=2008-07-02 ]Publications
*cite journal|last=Stenbuck |first=Joseph |authorlink= |journal = |coauthors= |title=Traction in a Thomas Splint |year= |publisher= |quote= | url=http://www.ejbjs.org/cgi/reprint/15/4/1015.pdf |isbn=
*cite journal|last=Stenbuck |first=Joseph |authorlink= |journal =The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery |coauthors= |title=Plaster of Paris Butress |year=1933 |publisher= |quote=The Thomas splint, with traction by means of a simple Spanish windlass mechanism, affords a simple, efficient, and economical method of treatment for fracture of the humerus. There is occasionally, however, the disadvantage of too great a localized pressure against the chest wall with accompanying pain and skin necrosis. This disadvantage may be overcome by the application of a plaster-of-Paris buttress (which is a modified jacket), allowing for the diffuse distribution of pressure of the ring of the Thomas splint and the resultant relief of pain. | url=http://www.ejbjs.org/cgi/reprint/15/4/1015.pdf |isbn=References
Further reading
* New York FBI report,
19 January ,1945 , Comintern Apparatus file, serial 3899.
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