Morris Fishbein
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Morris Fishbein, M.D.[a 1], (22 July 1889 in St. Louis, MI – 27 September 1976 in Chicaco, IL) was an American physician and editor of the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) from 1924 to 1950.[1]
Fishbein is vilified in the chiropractic community due to his principal role in founding and propagating the campaign to suppress and end chiropractic as a profession due to its basis in pseudoscientific practices.[1][2]
Quacks[1]
He was also notable due to his affinity for exposing quacks, notably the goat-gland surgeon John R. Brinkley, and campaigning for regulation of medical devices. His book Fads and Quackery in Healing debunks homeopathy, osteopathy, chiropractic, Christian Science, radionics and other dubious medical practices.[3]
In 1938, Fishbein authored a two-part article "Modern Medical Charlatans" in the journal Hygeia which criticized the quackery of Brinkley.[4] Brinkley sued Fishbein for libel but lost the case.[5] The jury found that Brinkley "should be considered a charlatan and a quack in the ordinary, well-understood meaning of those words." Fishbein responded that "the decision is a great victory for honest scientific medicine, for the standards of education and conduct established by the American Medical Association."[5]
Fishbein was critical of the activities of Mary Baker Eddy. He considered her a fraud and plagiarist.[6]
Note: It is at least irritating that this medic, who is so dedicated to uncovering charlatanism and quackery in medicine, excelled so much with just as much chackery on the subject of circumcision. In 1969, he recommended circumcision on minors to prevent masturbation and nervousness.[7]
External links
Wikipedia article: Morris Fishbein. Retrieved 7 October 2021.
Abbreviations
- ↑
Doctor of Medicine
, Wikipedia. Retrieved 14 June 2021. In the United Kingdom, Ireland and some Commonwealth countries, the abbreviation MD is common.
References
- ↑ a b c
Morris Fishbein
, Wikipedia. Retrieved 7 October 2021. - ↑ Donahue, (1996), 16(1):39-49.
- ↑
Fishbein, Morris. Fads and Quackery in Healing. American Journal of Public Health and the Nation's Health. April 1933; 23(3): 295–6. PMC. DOI.
- ↑ Fishbein, Morris. The Case of Brinkley Vs. Fishbein: Proceedings of a Libel Suit Based on an Article Published in Hygeia. Journal of the American Medical Association. 13 May 1939; 112(19): 1952. DOI.
- ↑ a b
Lee, Alton R. (2002): The Bizarre Careers of John R. Brinkley. University of Kentucky Press. Pp. 211-8. ISBN 0-8131-2232-5.
- ↑ Hudson, Robert P. (1983): Disease and Its Control: The Shaping of Modern Thought. Greenwood Press. P. 70.
- ↑ Fishbein, Morris (1969):
Sex hygiene
, in: Modern Home Medical Adviser. Garden City (ed.). New York: Doubleday & Co. Pp. 90+119.
