Mayer Eisenstein Explained

Mayer Eisenstein (January 26, 1946 – December 22, 2014) was an American pediatrician and family physician known for his opposition to vaccines.[1] He was also known for promoting the use of Lupron as a treatment for autism, a practice originally developed by Mark Geier which has been heavily criticized.[2] He founded and ran the Homefirst practice in suburban Chicago in 1973, and ran it until he died in 2014. Homefirst was known for providing physician-attended home births.[3] [4] In the 1990s, he attended John Marshall Law School along with his son, Jeremy.[5]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: British doctor who inspired worldwide vaccine scare banned . 2010-05-25 . www.pbs.org . en-US . 2017-08-14.
  2. Web site: 'Miracle drug' called junk science . Tsouderos . Trine . Trine Tsouderos . 2009-05-21 . Chicago Tribune . en-US . 2017-08-14.
  3. Web site: Autism doctor: Troubling record trails doctor treating autism . Patricia . Callahan . Patricia Callahan. Trine . Tsouderos . Second of two parts . 2009-05-22 . Chicago Tribune . en-US . 2017-08-14.
  4. Web site: The Age of Autism: 'A pretty big secret' . Olmsted . Dan . 2005-12-07 . UPI . en . 2017-08-14.
  5. Web site: Courtship Of Jeremy's Father . Palmer . A.T. . 1998-06-03 . Chicago Tribune . en . 2017-08-14.

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