Leon DeSeblo
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| Leon DeSeblo | |
|---|---|
| Born | 22 February 1874 Illinois |
| Died | 28 February 1981 (107) Placer Co., California |
| Alma mater | Intercollegiate University, London (D.D.) |
| Affiliations | Inter-National Constitutional Church |
Leon Antony Sceblo (February 22, 1874[i] - February 28, 1981), known briefly during the Second World War as Leonid de Seblo and after the war as Leon Anthony DeSeblo, was an American hypnotist and stage performer of Polish origin turned unorthodox health lecturer. In his lecture advertising, De Seblo was promoted as an authority in many fields, including craniopathy, endocrinology, human longevity, nutrition and dietetics (e.g. chlorella pyrenoidosa supplements), cosmic and metagenic rays, &c.
Background
From the 1920s into the 1930s, Sceblo toured the east coast as a stage performer and hypnotist. He had relocated to California by 1939, where, still using the name Sceblo, he promoted himself as a psychologist and then as a lecturer on health matters. By 1944, Sceblo had become Leonid de Seblo, a Russian scientist and self-described student of Ivan P. Pavlov, Élie Metchnikoff, and Camille Flammarion; this, however, seems to have been dropped not long after the war ended, and he became simply Leon DeSeblo, a respectable citizen of the United States.
Selected Bibliography
- Sceblo, Leon A. (1932) (in Polish), Moje Leczenie Przez Naturę, Las
- De Seblo, Leon (1951), Supreme Law for Prolongation of Life & Universal Principles of Rejuvenation — re-published as Sickness and Senility Are Unnecessary: 17 Complete Lessons on Supreme Law for Prolongation of Life & Universal Principles of Rejuvenation (Health Research): "Dr. Leon DeSeblo - nearly 100 years old, drives his own car, wears no glasses, has own hair - he was given up to die at 60 - gives his discovered health secrets."
Press Coverage
- "Minneapolis Court Issues Warrant for Arrest of 'Internationally Known Health Lecturer'; Re: State of Minnesota vs. Leon Antony Sceblo, alias Dr. Leonid De Seblo", Minnesota Medicine (Saint Paul, Minn.: Minnesota State Medical Association) 29: 717, 1946, https://archive.org/details/minnesotamedicin29unse/page/716/mode/2up
On June 8, 1946, a complaint was filed in the Municipal Court of Minneapolis charging Leon Antony Sceblo, alias Dr. Leonid De Seblo, who gave his home address as 317 South Bonnie Brae, Los Angeles, California, with practicing healing in violation of the Minnesota Basic Science Law. A warrant was issued for the arrest of the defendant and is in the hands of the Minneapolis Police Department for service[...] De Seblo also admitted that he had no license to practice any form of healing and that he had never obtained a degree in medicine nor any other legally recognized branch of the healing arts.
Notes
- ↑ Vital sources conflict as to whether Sceblo/DeSeblo was born in 1884 or 1874, and so it is unclear if he attained the status of super-centenarian or not.