Leonard K. Hirshberg

Leonard Keene Hirshberg (January 9, 1877 - 1969), best known as Leonard K. Hirshberg was an American physician who was convicted of mail fraud. Hirshberg was born in Baltimore from a Jewish family. He obtained his M.D. from Johns Hopkins University in 1902. 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). In September, 1922 Hirshberg was convicted of defrauding investors in a mail fraud investment scam of one millions dollars. Hirshberg was also a skeptic. He was highly critical of the claims of the medium Eusapia Palladino.