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Morris Fishbein
1889–1976
A forceful voice in American medicine, he shaped public debates on health for decades through his writing and editorial work. Best known for leading JAMA, he became one of the most visible medical commentators of his era.
2 Audiobooks
The care of the skin and hair : and other general health hints
by Morris Fishbein
The facts about rejuvenation
by Morris Fishbein
About the author
Born in St. Louis in 1889, he studied medicine at Rush Medical College and built his career not mainly at the bedside but in medical journalism and public advocacy. He joined the American Medical Association early in his career and became editor of the Journal of the American Medical Association in 1924, a position he held until 1950.
He was widely known for fighting medical quackery and for using clear, vigorous prose to explain health issues to the public. Alongside his editorial work, he wrote many books and articles, becoming one of the best-known medical personalities in the United States during the first half of the twentieth century.
Fishbein died in 1976. His legacy is complicated but significant: admirers remembered his campaign against fraud and his influence on medical publishing, while critics noted how much power he held in shaping organized medicine's public voice.