Arthur J. Cramp, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Arthur J. Cramp

British-born American medical doctor, researcher, and writer

Date of Birth: 10-Sep-1872

Place of Birth: London

Date of Death: 25-Nov-1951

Profession: physician

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Arthur Joseph Cramp (September 10, 1872 – November 25, 1951) was a medical doctor, researcher, and writer.
He served as director of the American Medical Association's (AMA) Propaganda for Reform Department (later, the Bureau of Investigation and, then the Department of Investigation) from 1906 to 1936.
He was a regular contributor to the Journal of American Medical Association (JAMA).
Cramp was "a bitter opponent of proprietary and medicinal abuses." His three volume series on 'Nostrums and Quackery', along with his public lectures to schools, professional groups, and civic organizations across the country, helped bring awareness to the problem of patent medicines or nostrums, by subjecting the claims (made by predominantly non-medical people) to scientific analysis.
He was critical the 1906 Pure Food and Drug Act, and advocated stronger regulation of product labeling and advertising.
In an article announcing his death, the AMA called him "a pioneer in the fight against quackery and fraud in the healing arts."