Eugene Schoenfeld

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Dr. Eugene Schoenfeld, known as Dr. HipPocrates (born 17 March 1935 in New York City), [1] was a popular underground newspaper columnist in the 1960s.

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Origins of "Dr. Hip"

Publisher Max Scherr of the Berkeley Barb was a friend of Schoenfeld's, and it was Max's idea to have a column addressing questions about human health and behavior posed by readers. Max also suggested the moniker Dr. Hip. Inquiries regarding new health concerns during the Sexual Revolution and the drug culture of the Sixties were the most common, and Dr. Hip's advice was refreshingly straightforward and nonjudgmental. [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]

Dr. Hip columns

Upon returning from Africa to the Bay Area in 1966, Schoenfeld was asked many questions, "somewhat furtively," by friends, acquaintances, and patients about new concerns arising primarily from sexual freedom and drug use, and these inquiries were not topics that could be broached with their own doctors. The anti-censorship philosophy that inspired the awakening of an underground press in the 1960s allowed Schoenfeld the freedom to answer those forbidden questions. [9] His "Dr. Hip" column became a popular source of reliable, common-sense information. [5] Schoenfeld published his column from 1967 to 1973 and again from 1978 to 1979 in the underground, as well as various mainstream newspapers including the Chicago Sun Times,Tampa Times,San Francisco Chronicle, and the San Francisco Examiner. [2] Soon he began publishing books developed from his experiences with the advice column.

Distrustful of establishment sources of any kind, the advice dispensed in the Dr. Hip columns was one of the few sources of medical information the hippie generation would listen to. His books, Dear Dr. HipPocrates, [9] Natural Food and Unnatural Acts, [10] Jealousy: Taming the Green-Eyed Monster, [11] and Dr. Hip's Down-To-Earth Health Guide, [12] had an empowering effect on those people. Dr. Schoenfeld was a pioneering radio personality on Bay Area stations in the 1970s, and subsequent talk show doctors credit him for being a trailblazer. [13]

Medical career

Schoenfeld has been the primary care physician to several famous individuals, including Timothy Leary, [14] Hunter Thompson, and David Crosby. [15] [16]

Schoenfeld now practices psychiatry in San Rafael, California, where he lives with his wife and daughter. [17]

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References

  1. ↑ Whiting, Sam (15 March 2012). "Dr. Hip Pocrates about to become a dad". San Francisco Chronicle . Retrieved 15 October 2015.
  2. 1 2 McGrady, Patrick (1972). The Love Doctors. New York, NY: The Macmillan Company. p. 254.
  3. ↑ Chusmir, Janet (November 21, 1971). "The Miami Herald" – via p 25-G.
  4. ↑ California's Health, "Hip doctor gives health advice through underground press", November, 1967, Volume 25-5, published by the State of California Department of Public Health.
  5. 1 2 The New York Times Book Review, (February 16, 1969) "Dear Doctor Hip Pocrates" by Eric Berne.
  6. ↑ The New Physician, (June, 1970,) "Interview: Dr. HIPpocrates," p. 496.
  7. ↑ TIME Magazine (March 7, 1970) "Patient Care: Dr. Hip," p.49.
  8. ↑ Newsweek, (May 19, 1969) "Ask Dr. Hip," p. 118-119.
  9. 1 2 Schoenfeld, Eugene (1968). Dear Doctor HipPocrates: Advice Your Family Doctor Never Gave You. New York: Grove Press, Inc.
  10. ↑ Schoenfeld, Eugene (1967). Dr. Hips Natural Food and Unnatural Acts. New York, NY: Dell Publishing Co., Inc.
  11. ↑ Schoenfeld, Eugene (1979). Jealousy: Taming the Green-Eyed Monster. New York: Holt, Rinehart & Winston.
  12. ↑ Schoenfeld, Eugene (1981). The Down-To-Earth Health Guide. Celestial Arts Press.
  13. ↑ Pacific Sun, (February 7–13, 1996) "Talk-Show Docs," by Jill Kramer.
  14. ↑ Lattin, Don (2010). The Harvard Psychedelic Club . New York, NY: Harper Collins. pp.  200. ISBN   9780061655937.
  15. ↑ Crosby/Gottlieb, David/Carl (1988). The Autobiography of David Crosby. New York, NY: Doubleday. pp. 339–340, 462–464. ISBN   0-385-24530-0.
  16. ↑ Nash, Graham (2013). Wild Tales. New York, NY: Random House. p. 279. ISBN   978-0-385-34756-3.
  17. ↑ "Psychiatrist and Expert Testimony :: Eugene Schoenfeld, M.D." www.eugeneschoenfeld.com. Retrieved 2015-09-27.
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