Leonard Keene Hirshberg

Leonard K. Hirshberg
Leonard K. Hirshberg
Born	January 9, 1877; Baltimore
Died	1969
Nationality	American
Alma mater	Johns Hopkins University
Occupation	Physician
Criminal charge(s)	Mail fraud

Leonard Keene Hirshberg (January 9, 1877 - 1969), best known as Leonard K. Hirshberg was an American physician who was convicted of mail fraud.[1]

Hirshberg was born in Baltimore from a Jewish family. He obtained his M.D. from Johns Hopkins University in 1902.[2][3] He had a successful career as a health writer with his articles appearing in mainstream medical columns and journals. With H. L. Mencken he collaborated on a series of baby care articles, these were published in What You Ought to Know About Your Baby (1910).[4][5]

In September, 1922 Hirshberg was convicted of defrauding investors in a mail fraud investment scam of one millions dollars.[6][7]

Hirshberg was also a skeptic. He was highly critical of the claims of the medium Eusapia Palladino.[8]

Selected publications

Popular Medical Fallacies. (1906). American Magazine 62: 655-660.
What You Ought to Know About Your Baby (1910)
The Truth About Tobacco. (1913). Harpers Weekly.
The Case Against Madame Eusapia Palladino (1910). The Medical Critic and Guide.
Low Calorie Diet Cook Book (1954)
The Family Diet Guide (1959)

References

"Pure Mecncken on Child Care". The Washington Post.
Schwartz, Julia; Kaye, Solomon Aaron; Simons, John. (1926). Who's Who in American Jewry, Volume 1. Jewish Biographical Bureau. p. 271
Glassman, Leo M. (1935). Biographical Encyclopaedia of American Jews, 1935. Maurice Jacobs & Leo Glassman. p. 229
Zuckerman, Mary Ellen. (1998). A History of Popular Women's Magazines in the United States, 1792-1995. Greenwood Press. p. 47
Lingeman, Richard R. (2006). Double Lives: American Writers' Friendships. Random House. p. 136
Mencken, Henry Louis; Markel, Howard; Oski, Frank A. (1990). The H.L. Mencken Baby Book: Comprising the Contents of H.L. Mencken's What You Ought to Know About Your Baby. Hanley & Belfus. p. 20
Smith, Matthew. (2015). Another Person's Poison: A History of Food Allergy. Columbia University Press. p. 213. ISBN 978-0-231-16484-9
Mencken, Henry Louis; Markel, Howard; Oski, Frank A. (1990). The H.L. Mencken Baby Book: Comprising the Contents of H.L. Mencken's What You Ought to Know About Your Baby. Hanley & Belfus. pp. 18-20

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[1] "Pure Mecncken on Child Care". The Washington Post.

[2] Schwartz, Julia; Kaye, Solomon Aaron; Simons, John. (1926). Who's Who in American Jewry, Volume 1. Jewish Biographical Bureau. p. 271

[3] Glassman, Leo M. (1935). Biographical Encyclopaedia of American Jews, 1935. Maurice Jacobs & Leo Glassman. p. 229

[4] Zuckerman, Mary Ellen. (1998). A History of Popular Women's Magazines in the United States, 1792-1995. Greenwood Press. p. 47

[5] Lingeman, Richard R. (2006). Double Lives: American Writers' Friendships. Random House. p. 136

[6] Mencken, Henry Louis; Markel, Howard; Oski, Frank A. (1990). The H.L. Mencken Baby Book: Comprising the Contents of H.L. Mencken's What You Ought to Know About Your Baby. Hanley & Belfus. p. 20

[7] Smith, Matthew. (2015). Another Person's Poison: A History of Food Allergy. Columbia University Press. p. 213. ISBN 978-0-231-16484-9

[8] Mencken, Henry Louis; Markel, Howard; Oski, Frank A. (1990). The H.L. Mencken Baby Book: Comprising the Contents of H.L. Mencken's What You Ought to Know About Your Baby. Hanley & Belfus. pp. 18-20