Curing All Diseases, Again! Trampling Scientific Boundaries for Fun and Profit

David Weinberg, MD

11 a.m., April 6, 2025

Join us this Sunday, either in person or online, as we welcome a guest speaker over Zoom.

What can medical frauds in history teach us about their parallels in the modern day? What were the Violet Ray Device of the 1920s, Mrs. Winslow’s Soothing Syrup, and the Microbe Killer by William Radam in 1886? Let’s also examine a recent case, a US Stem Cell Clinic in Florida.

The answer to the dangers of pseudoscience in medicine are critical thinking, scientific rigor, and effective regulation to protect public health.

David Weinberg is a full-time academic vitreoretinal surgeon, and professor of ophthalmology at the Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee. His interest in the less-than-science-based aspects of medicine was sparked by inquiries from his patients. Investigation their questions led to his discovery of numerous grandiose claims for implausible, unproven treatments of potentially blinding eye diseases. (All opinions expressed by Dr. Weinberg are his alone, and do not represent those of his employer or any other organization with which he is affiliated.)

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