Henry Heimlich
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Dr Henry J. Heimlich (b. February 3, 1920), an American physician, is best known for the Heimlich maneuver.
Heimlich was born in Wilmington, Delaware. He graduated from Cornell University with a B.A. in 1941, and took his M.D. from the Weill Cornell Medical College in 1943. He is best known for the choking treatment named after him. Heimlich first published his findings on the use of this maneuver in 1974, and within a week a newspaper reported it had been used to save a choking victim. In 2003, Heimlich's 30-year colleague, [Edward A. Patrick MD PhD] of Union, Kentucky, claimed to be the uncredited co-developer of the maneuver. Heimlich also helped promote a personal friend, the ventriloquist Paul Winchell, who claimed to have developed the first artificial heart.
Heimlich's later work has been mired in controversy and widely discredited, in particular his claims that AIDS, cancer, and Lyme disease can be cured by giving malaria to patients already suffering from those other diseases. From the early 1990s through the present, he arranged clandestine human experiments in Mexico, China, and several African countries in which victims suffering from other AIDS, cancer, and Lyme disease were injected with malarial blood. These human experiments have been widely denounced as medical atrocities by bioethicists and federal agencies including the CDC and Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
His promotion of the use of the Heimlich maneuver for near-drowning rescue and for treating asthma has been dogged by allegations of case fraud based on the research of Dr. Heimlich's son, [Peter M. Heimlich]. The [2005 drowning rescue guidelines of the American Heart Association] removed all citations or articles written by Dr. Heimlich and warn against the use of the Heimlich maneuver for drowning rescue as unproven and dangerous, since it may induce vomiting leading to aspiration.
It has been suggested Heimlich's dubious theories were given credence due to his reputation as the presumed inventor of the Heimlich maneuver.
[Year 2005 choking rescue guidelines] published by the American Heart Association ceased referring to "the Heimlich maneuver" and instead called the procedure "abdominal thrusts." The guideliness also state that chest thrusts and back blows may also be effective treatments for choking.
Heimlich is the uncle of actor and director Anson Williams.
External links
- [Henry J. Heimlich, M.D. bio] from the Heimlich Institute
- [Drowning in Lies: The Heimlich Maneuver Case Frauds] by Peter M. Heimlich
- [Malariotherapy for HIV (Henry Heimlich MD)]CIRCARE
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