Morris Fishbein
Morris Fishbein | |
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Fishbein in 1935 | |
| Born | July 22, 1889 |
| Died | September 27, 1976 (aged 87) |
| Occupation | physician |
| Employer | Journal of the American Medical Association |
| Title | Editor |
| Term | 1924-1950 |
| Spouse | Anna Mantel Fishbein |
Morris Fishbein (July 22, 1889 – September 27, 1976) was an American physician and editor of the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) from 1924 to 1950.
Ira Rutkow's Seeking the Cure: A History of Medicine in America provides a brief overview of Fishbein's influence on American medicine during the Interwar period.: 192–199
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.