Mayer Eisenstein (January 26, 1946 – December 22, 2014) was an American

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and family physician known for his opposition to vaccines. He was also known for promoting the use of

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as a treatment for

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, a practice originally developed by

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which has been heavily criticized. He founded and ran the Homefirst practice in suburban

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in 1973, and ran it until he died in 2014. Homefirst was known for providing physician-attended home births. In the 1990s, he attended John Marshall Law School along with his son, Jeremy.

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1946 births 2014 deaths University of Illinois Chicago School of Law alumni American primary care physicians American anti-vaccination activists American pediatricians Family physicians {{US-physician-stub