Fishbein, Morris

1889-1976. Mentioned in the 9/15/1948 Minutes of the Pima County Medical Society, 1904-1954. The “Fishbein” mentions in the 1938-1942 minutes more than likely also refer to Morris Fishbein. Editor of the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) from 1924 to 1950.

See History of Arizona medicine; collections of Orville Harry Brown, M.D. [AHSL Special Collections WZ 70 AA7 H673].

Fishbein, Morris. Morris Fishbein, MD: An Autobiography, 1969.
See also the University of Chicago Morris Fishbein Center for the History of Science and Medicine.

JAMA, Oct 1976; 236: 1817 - 1822: Morris Fishbein, MD, 87, former editor of The Journal and one of the founders of medical journalism in the present sense, died on Sept 26 in Jackson Park Hospital, Chicago.... [photo captions: Three glimpses at Dr Fishbein -- as assistant to the editor around 1924 (left), in the late 1940s (center) and in 1964 when he was 75 years old. Officers and trustees at the 1933 annual meeting in Milwaukee included (left to right),] ... Seated are ...Morris Fishbein, MD, editor of The Journal,...]
William R. Barclay. JAMA, Nov 1976; 236: 2212: Morris Fishbein, MD -- 1889-1976 Editor of JAMA -- 1924-1950 [editorial]: On September 27, 1976, the medical profession lost one of its most distinguished and important members with the death of Morris Fishbein. His place in medicine was not secured by providing medical care nor by laboring in the research laboratory. His contributions were those of editor, author, lecturer, teacher, critic, and philosopher, and in these roles he was unsurpassed....