31:
293:
which criticized the quackery of
Brinkley. Brinkley sued Fishbein for libel but lost the case. 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
709:
The New
Medical Follies: an encyclopedia of cultism and quackery in these United States, with essays on the cult of beauty, the craze for reduction, rejuvenation, eclecticism, bread and dietary fads, physical therapy, and a forecast as to the physician of the
700:
The
Medical Follies: An Analysis of the Foibles of Some Healing Cults, including Osteopathy, Homeopathy, Chiropractic, and the Electronic Reactions of Abrams, with Essays on the Anti-Vivisectionists, Health Legislation, Physical Culture, Birth Control, and
232:
served as director of the Center from 1971 to 1977. Fishbein also endowed a chair at the university for the same subject, a chair taken up by Debus in 1978. The 7th floor in
Shoreland Hall at the University of Chicago was known as
205:
on June 21, 1937. In 1938, along with the AMA, he was indicted for violating the
Sherman Anti-Trust Act. The AMA was convicted and fined $ 2,500 but Fishbein was acquitted.
435:
680:
Bealle, Morris
Allison, "Medical Mussolini", 'A Comprehensive Text Book on Humanity's Scourge - Medical Politics', Columbia Pub. Co, Washington D.C., 1945.
793:
156:
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
726:
Fads and
Quackery in Healing: An Analysis of the Foibles of the Healing Cults, With Essays on Various Other Peculiar Notions in the Health Field
449:
506:
130:
92:
472:
758:
798:
783:
692:
813:
803:
410:
199:), as an assistant and advanced to the editorship in 1924, a position he maintained until 1950. He was on the cover of
717:
620:
244:. He was survived by two daughters, Barbara Fishbein Friedell and Marjorie Clavey, and his son, Justin M. Fishbein.
744:
294:
scientific medicine, for the standards of education and conduct established by the
American Medical Association."
788:
457:
753:
723:
262:
578:"The Case of Brinkley Vs. Fishbein: Proceedings of a Libel Suit Based on an Article Published in
685:
Charlatan: America's Most
Dangerous Huckster, the Man Who Pursued Him, and the Age of Flimflam
808:
225:
481:
778:
773:
177:
8:
289:
In 1938, Fishbein authored a two-part article "Modern
Medical Charlatans" in the journal
221:
169:
54:
30:
660:
Barclay, William R. (1976). "Morris Fishbein, MD—1889-1976; Editor of JAMA—1924-1950".
563:
538:
217:
181:
128:(July 22, 1889 – September 27, 1976) was an American physician and editor of the
697:
740:
Morris Fishbein Center for the History of Science and Medicine, University of Chicago
713:
688:
673:
616:
595:
406:
279:
241:
188:
72:
669:
591:
558:
550:
511:
257:
157:
145:
provides a brief overview of Fishbein's influence on American medicine during the
381:
336:
328:
298:
200:
146:
436:"Morris Fishbein: transcript of an interview interviewed by Charles O. Jackson,"
515:
234:
229:
172:, on July 22, 1889, son of an immigrant Jewish peddler who moved his family to
767:
228:. Its first activity was a lecture series taking place in May of that year.
275:
173:
153:
554:
271:
267:
712:, Boni & Liveright (New York) 1927 and AMS Press (New York) 1977.
748:
283:
253:
507:"Dr. Morris Fishbein Dead at 87. Former Editor of A.M.A. Journal"
739:
260:, and campaigning for regulation of medical devices. His book
480:. University of California Press. p. 35. Archived from
351:
A History of the American Medical Association 1847 to 1947
543:
American Journal of Public Health and the Nation's Health
759:
Time Magazine Cover: Dr. Morris Fishbein — June 21, 1937
633:
Disease and Its Control: The Shaping of Modern Thought
662:
JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association
252:
He was also notable due to his affinity for exposing
403:Seeking the Cure: A History of Medicine in America
143:Seeking the Cure: A History of Medicine in America
749:University of Special Collections Research Center
212:, a magazine for doctors. In 1970 he endowed the
765:
470:
184:at the Durand Hospital for Infectious Diseases.
745:Guide to the Morris Fishbein Papers 1912-1976
615:. University of Kentucky Press. pp. 211-218.
301:. He considered her a fraud and plagiarist.
584:Journal of the American Medical Association
297:Fishbein was critical of the activities of
237:, using the Fishbein name as its namesake.
193:Journal of the American Medical Association
131:Journal of the American Medical Association
93:Journal of the American Medical Association
394:
29:
703:, Boni & Liveright, (New York), 1925.
562:
208:In 1961 he became the founding Editor of
794:American critics of alternative medicine
357:Medical Writing: The Technic and the Art
304:
659:
613:The Bizarre Careers of John R. Brinkley
363:Morris Fishbein, M.D.: An Autobiography
766:
687:, Crown Publishers, (New York), 2008.
400:
607:
605:
536:
286:and other dubious medical practices.
180:. Fishbein served for 18 months as a
754:American Medical Writers Association
13:
642:
602:
240:He died on September 27, 1976, in
14:
825:
733:
256:, notably the goat-gland surgeon
674:10.1001/JAMA.1976.03270200050033
596:10.1001/jama.1939.02800190066017
625:
323:Shattering Health Superstitions
571:
539:"Fads and Quackery in Healing"
537:Tobey, James A. (March 1933).
530:
499:
464:
442:
428:
419:
369:The Handy Home Medical Adviser
16:American physician (1889–1976)
1:
450:"Medicine: A. M. A. Indicted"
425:Donahue, (1996), 16(1):39-49.
387:
799:Critics of Christian Science
784:American medical journalists
456:. 2 Jan 1939. Archived from
438:(Interview). March 12, 1968.
330:Fads and Quackery in Healing
263:Fads and Quackery in Healing
163:
152:Fishbein is vilified in the
7:
814:Rush Medical College alumni
375:
10:
830:
728:. New York: Covici Friede.
631:Hudson, Robert P. (1983).
590:(19): 1952. May 13, 1939.
804:Physicians from St. Louis
635:. Greenwood Press. p. 70.
474:The Healthcare Revolution
471:Carl F Ameringer (2008).
345:Your Diet and Your Health
247:
115:
107:
99:
87:
79:
61:
40:
28:
21:
650:The Fishbein Festschrift
317:The New Medical Follies
656:, Vol.5, No.4, (1977).
654:Medical Communications
611:Lee, Alton R. (2002).
405:. New York: Scribner.
214:Morris Fishbein Center
724:Fishbein, M. (1932).
555:10.2105/AJPH.23.3.295
338:Frontiers of Medicine
305:Selected publications
226:University of Chicago
216:for the study of the
138:) from 1924 to 1950.
519:. September 28, 1976
460:on December 1, 2010.
401:Rutkow, Ira (2010).
178:Rush Medical College
119:Anna Mantel Fishbein
311:The Medical Follies
170:St. Louis, Missouri
55:St. Louis, Missouri
218:history of science
210:Medical World News
182:resident physician
65:September 27, 1976
789:American skeptics
693:978-0-307-33988-1
280:Christian Science
242:Chicago, Illinois
189:George H. Simmons
123:
122:
73:Chicago, Illinois
821:
677:
636:
629:
623:
609:
600:
599:
575:
569:
568:
566:
534:
528:
527:
525:
524:
512:Associated Press
503:
497:
496:
494:
492:
486:
479:
468:
462:
461:
446:
440:
439:
432:
426:
423:
417:
416:
398:
258:John R. Brinkley
191:, editor of The
176:. He studied at
158:pseudoscientific
68:
50:
48:
35:Fishbein in 1935
33:
19:
18:
829:
828:
824:
823:
822:
820:
819:
818:
764:
763:
736:
645:
643:Further reading
640:
639:
630:
626:
610:
603:
577:
576:
572:
535:
531:
522:
520:
505:
504:
500:
490:
488:
484:
477:
469:
465:
448:
447:
443:
434:
433:
429:
424:
420:
413:
399:
395:
390:
382:Arthur J. Cramp
378:
307:
299:Mary Baker Eddy
250:
168:He was born in
166:
147:Interwar period
126:Morris Fishbein
75:
70:
66:
57:
52:
46:
44:
36:
24:
23:Morris Fishbein
17:
12:
11:
5:
827:
817:
816:
811:
806:
801:
796:
791:
786:
781:
776:
762:
761:
756:
751:
742:
735:
734:External links
732:
731:
730:
721:
707:Fishbein, M.,
705:
698:Fishbein, M.,
695:
681:
678:
657:
644:
641:
638:
637:
624:
601:
570:
549:(3): 295–296.
529:
516:New York Times
498:
487:on 28 May 2010
463:
441:
427:
418:
412:978-1416538288
411:
392:
391:
389:
386:
385:
384:
377:
374:
373:
372:
366:
360:
354:
348:
342:
334:
326:
320:
314:
306:
303:
249:
246:
235:Fishbein House
230:Allen G. Debus
165:
162:
121:
120:
117:
113:
112:
109:
105:
104:
101:
97:
96:
89:
85:
84:
81:
77:
76:
71:
69:(aged 87)
63:
59:
58:
53:
42:
38:
37:
34:
26:
25:
22:
15:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
826:
815:
812:
810:
807:
805:
802:
800:
797:
795:
792:
790:
787:
785:
782:
780:
777:
775:
772:
771:
769:
760:
757:
755:
752:
750:
746:
743:
741:
738:
737:
729:
727:
722:
719:
718:0-404-13262-6
715:
711:
706:
704:
702:
696:
694:
690:
686:
682:
679:
675:
671:
667:
663:
658:
655:
651:
648:Theme Issue:
647:
646:
634:
628:
622:
621:0-8131-2232-5
618:
614:
608:
606:
597:
593:
589:
585:
581:
574:
565:
560:
556:
552:
548:
544:
540:
533:
518:
517:
513:
508:
502:
483:
476:
475:
467:
459:
455:
454:Time Magazine
451:
445:
437:
431:
422:
414:
408:
404:
397:
393:
383:
380:
379:
370:
367:
364:
361:
358:
355:
352:
349:
346:
343:
340:
339:
335:
332:
331:
327:
324:
321:
318:
315:
312:
309:
308:
302:
300:
295:
292:
287:
285:
281:
277:
273:
269:
265:
264:
259:
255:
245:
243:
238:
236:
231:
227:
223:
219:
215:
211:
206:
204:
203:
198:
194:
190:
185:
183:
179:
175:
171:
161:
159:
155:
150:
148:
144:
141:Ira Rutkow's
139:
137:
133:
132:
127:
118:
114:
110:
106:
102:
98:
95:
94:
90:
86:
82:
78:
74:
64:
60:
56:
51:July 22, 1889
43:
39:
32:
27:
20:
809:JAMA editors
725:
708:
701:Rejuvination
699:
684:
668:(19): 2212.
665:
661:
653:
649:
632:
627:
612:
587:
583:
579:
573:
546:
542:
532:
521:. Retrieved
510:
501:
489:. Retrieved
482:the original
473:
466:
458:the original
453:
444:
430:
421:
402:
396:
368:
362:
356:
350:
344:
337:
329:
322:
316:
310:
296:
290:
288:
276:chiropractic
261:
251:
239:
213:
209:
207:
201:
196:
192:
186:
174:Indianapolis
167:
154:chiropractic
151:
142:
140:
135:
129:
125:
124:
91:
67:(1976-09-27)
779:1976 deaths
774:1889 births
683:Brock, P.,
160:practices.
768:Categories
523:2009-07-18
388:References
272:osteopathy
268:homeopathy
187:He joined
80:Occupation
47:1889-07-22
284:radionics
164:Biography
111:1924-1950
83:physician
376:See also
266:debunks
222:medicine
88:Employer
747:at the
564:1558161
514:in the
224:at the
716:
710:future
691:
619:
580:Hygeia
561:
491:8 July
409:
371:(1974)
365:(1969)
359:(1957)
353:(1947)
347:(1937)
341:(1933)
333:(1932)
325:(1930)
319:(1927)
313:(1925)
291:Hygeia
254:quacks
248:Quacks
116:Spouse
103:Editor
485:(PDF)
478:(PDF)
100:Title
714:ISBN
689:ISBN
617:ISBN
493:2010
407:ISBN
220:and
202:Time
197:JAMA
136:JAMA
108:Term
62:Died
41:Born
670:doi
666:236
592:doi
588:112
582:".
559:PMC
551:doi
770::
664:.
652:,
604:^
586:.
557:.
547:23
545:.
541:.
509:.
452:.
282:,
278:,
274:,
270:,
149:.
720:.
676:.
672::
598:.
594::
567:.
553::
526:.
495:.
415:.
195:(
134:(
49:)
45:(
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.
