Guest guest Posted November 9, 2004 Report Share Posted November 9, 2004 Hi carol, That's funny because this is what I read after doing an online search: Dr. Fishbein born 1889 dead 1976 Royal born 1888 and died in 1971. Oh well, thanks for the info and the interesting excerpt. Kwinkle Re: Fishbein Hi Kwinkle, Fishbein died 12 years before Rife did. This excerpt is from the book " Medical Mussolini " by A. Bealle, a colorful medical writer during the time Fishbein was engaged in his shenanigans against Rife and many others. Bealle opposed and exposed Fishbein at every turn. A reprint of this book is available at our website. Short excerpt follows. Regards, Carol www.ourlifehouse.com TIME MARCHES ON It is the year 1959 - Again in Chicago. It is a century since the gold rush days. Much gold has streamed into medical coffers. Health boards have been in the saddle and the Medical Trust, egged on by serum manufacturers who advertise and contribute much to the treasury, has forced drugs and serums on all citizens who hadn't the intestinal fortitude to fight against it. It is a peak year for inoculations, serums for everything and more and more serums as disease is more and more in evidence. Fishbein waddles across a medically purified Chicago Street. An automobile careens along at a thunderous pace. It sails into the Fishbein path but the old man is too slow to avoid it. S-c-r-e-e-t-c-h-! Crash! - all that remains is human talcum powder. It is established that the driver stole the car after escaping from a hospital in a serum crazed condition. An investigation is held. The drugless researchists testify that they have long warned the public about the effect of serumization on the mentality. There is a great do-do, even a nasty scene at the Fishbein funeral. Medical topnotchers orate that one of the profession's greatest lights has gone to his grand reward. But a wag on a disrespectful sheet heads his story: " Serum Pushing Boss Bumped Off by Serum Crazed Bum. " On Sat, 6 Nov 2004 22:17:52 -0500 " kwinkle " writes: Can anyone please tell me what was the cause of death for that low > life > " Dr. " Fishbein? > > I have been looking for months and I can find no reference > anywhere. > > I know he outlived Dr. Royal Rife by a few years but there's no > mention on > how he died. > > I'm hoping he died an agonizing death! > > Thanks > > Kwinkle > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 10, 2004 Report Share Posted November 10, 2004 Hi Kwinkle and Carol, U.S. Social Security death records show 2 " Fishbeins " from Illinois that were both born in 1889. One of them died in Sept 1976, the other one in Dec 1969. Additional searching in Ancestry.com census records shows that Fishbein's spouse was named Mantel, and they had a total of four children. Fishbein published his autobiography in 1969, so it is impossible that he died in 1959 as described by the author Carol mentioned ( A. Bealle). Fishbein is given a special remembrance in a 1977 medical journal; and is shown is the 1977 International Who's Who (41st edition), as having died in 1976. So it seems Twinkle is correct with the 1976 death date. The 1920 census records show that Fishbein's parents were born in Austria and spoke Yiddish. Also, he states his occupation is a physician. In the 1930 census, he states his occupation as editor of a trade journal. Best wishes, Char Re: Fishbein Hi Kwinkle, Fishbein died 12 years before Rife did. This excerpt is from the book " Medical Mussolini " by A. Bealle, a colorful medical writer during the time Fishbein was engaged in his shenanigans against Rife and many others. Bealle opposed and exposed Fishbein at every turn. A reprint of this book is available at our website. Short excerpt follows. Regards, Carol www.ourlifehouse.com TIME MARCHES ON It is the year 1959 - Again in Chicago. It is a century since the gold rush days. Much gold has streamed into medical coffers. Health boards have been in the saddle and the Medical Trust, egged on by serum manufacturers who advertise and contribute much to the treasury, has forced drugs and serums on all citizens who hadn't the intestinal fortitude to fight against it. It is a peak year for inoculations, serums for everything and more and more serums as disease is more and more in evidence. Fishbein waddles across a medically purified Chicago Street. An automobile careens along at a thunderous pace. It sails into the Fishbein path but the old man is too slow to avoid it. S-c-r-e-e-t-c-h-! Crash! - all that remains is human talcum powder. It is established that the driver stole the car after escaping from a hospital in a serum crazed condition. An investigation is held. The drugless researchists testify that they have long warned the public about the effect of serumization on the mentality. There is a great do-do, even a nasty scene at the Fishbein funeral. Medical topnotchers orate that one of the profession's greatest lights has gone to his grand reward. But a wag on a disrespectful sheet heads his story: " Serum Pushing Boss Bumped Off by Serum Crazed Bum. " Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 11, 2004 Report Share Posted November 11, 2004 his dad was a physician, and he was in charge of the JAMA, which made all of its $ on cigarrette advertising in its early years. He was a physician wanna be. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 11, 2004 Report Share Posted November 11, 2004 A bit of clarification .. Fishbein was indeed an MD, even though there are reports that he barely managed to graduate. As near as I have been able to find out, other than his internship, Dr. Fishbein never actually practiced medicine a day of his life - I believe that he went from school directly to a publishing company, and eventually to the General Manager position of the AMA. He was thrown out of the AMA in 1948 or 1948 because of his stance against health care plans, which many physicians were wanting to do by that time. Fishbein favored (only!) the private physician - he wanted nothing to do with medical groups. Fishbein, through his control of the AMA, its work with the legal system, and his many books, controlled, and still controls, American medicine. The fellow Fishbein replaced at the AMA was , who was one of the early owners of the AMA, and was a homeopathic physician, not an MD. Dr. took a short " rush " course at Rush Medical school around 1915 or 1920, and was given an MD license. Just as well since Dr. Fishbein wrote, as General Manager of the AMA, against the homeopaths and chiropractors who were offering unconventional treatments and " nostrums " and the like. It has been reported that Fishbein and Rockefeller agreed early on the increase the regulation of medical schools - indeed, the legal restrictions and requirements for medical schools were such that over half of the " medical schools " in the country disappeared in the first quarter of the century - requiring such things as a bachelor's degree as a pre-req for medical school. This eliminated almost all the women and minorities from medical schools, which were thus almost purely white male in their student body. (Loma Medical School, in 1931 had four women and four Japanese men in its graduating class of 76 students; all others were white men. Dr. Hamer, who used a Rife Ray device in the 1936 to 1939 period, was from Loma - an excellent school.) JAMA, the publication of the AMA, did indeed have heavy sponsorship by the tobacco companies in numerous full-page ads. In the 1910 to 1920 era, JAMA ran ads for vitamins, High-Frequency Apparatus, Violet Ray devices (not the drugstore-version violet ray devices..) etc. That pretty much ceased when Dr. Fishbein took over. There are stories that approval of companies' products may have depended on those firms advertising in JAMA if they wanted their products to be " licensed " as approved devices. Those are just stories, I have no idea if accurate. On the other hand, there were an incredibly high number of quack devices and medications in those days, and the AMA's investigations branch did indeed serve a valuable purpose. Dave missourinaturegirl wrote: > > his dad was a physician, and he was in charge of the JAMA, which made > all of its $ on cigarrette advertising in its early years. He was a > physician wanna be. > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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