Hektoen International

A Journal of Medical Humanities

Tag: MD—foe of four-flushers

  • Morris Fishbein, MD—foe of four-flushers, flimflammers, and fakes

    Laura KingAtlanta, Georgia, United States Born in St. Louis, Missouri, on July 22, 1889, and raised in Indianapolis, Morris Fishbein emerged from his humble origins as the second eldest of eight children born to a Jewish immigrant tin peddler (Benjamin Fishbein) and his wife (Fannie Fishbein) to become the preeminent physician of his generation. After…