Physician and pioneering vitamin C researcher. He was a 1936 graduate of the Duke University School of Medicine in Durham, North Carolina. After three years of post-graduate medical training at the North Carolina Tuberculosis Sanitarium in Winston Salem, Dr. Klenner moved to and established his medical practice in Reidsville, North Carolina, the hometown of his wife Annie. Although he specialized in diseases of the chest, he also saw general practice patients as well.
Beginning in the 1940s, Dr. Klenner began experimenting with megadoses of vitamins, mostly vitamin C, to treat a variety of medical disorders. From infants to the elderly, Klenner used large doses of vitamins to treat a wide range of medical disorders including polio and multiple sclerosis. His research of those treatments inspired others, including Nobel Prize winner Linus Pauling. In the 1988 Clinical Guide, Pauling is quoted as saying, "The early papers by Dr. Fred R. Klenner provide much information about the use of large doses of Vitamin C in preventing and treating many diseases. These papers are still important." While practicing medicine, he published 27 papers about the benefits of vitamin C therapy for over 30 diseases. Then on May 23, 1946, Dr. Klenner made national headlines when he delivered the world's first set of surviving identical black quadruplets, the Fultz Sisters, at the Annie Penn Hospital in Reidsville. In his opinion, Klenner attributed their survival to massive doses of vitamins that he administered to the babies while under his medical care.
While Dr. Klenner was revered by many people who believed in his medical treatments, he was also surrounded by controversy over his seemingly eccentric treatments and views. He was shunned by many in the local medical community for what they saw as his unconventional treatment of ailments and diseases. Dr. Klenner even gave up his medical privileges to admit and treat patients at the the Annie Penn Hospital and only saw them in his second story office on Gilmer Street in downtown Reidsville. Dr. Klenner reportedly claimed that he treated over 10,000 people with massive doses of vitamins over a 30 year span of time without any ill effects.
Despite his belief in treating many medical ailments with vitamins, Dr. Klenner could not avoid illness himself and he died from heart disease on May 20, 1984. After suffering a heart attack at his home, he refused to be taken by ambulance to the Annie Penn Hospital which was only one mile away. Instead, he insisted on being taken to Morehead Memorial Hospital in Eden, North Carolina, which was 12 miles away and where he passed away.
Dr. Klenner was the father of serial killer Frederick "Fritz" Klenner Jr. who died in an fiery vehicle explosion on NC 150 in Guilford County, North Carolina, on June 3, 1985, while eluding local and state law enforcement authorities attempting to arrest him. Fritz, his cousin Susie, and both of her young sons all died in the explosion.
Dr. Klenner was the brother-in-law of Susie Marshall Sharp who was the first woman Chief Justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court.
Beginning in the 1940s, Dr. Klenner began experimenting with megadoses of vitamins, mostly vitamin C, to treat a variety of medical disorders. From infants to the elderly, Klenner used large doses of vitamins to treat a wide range of medical disorders including polio and multiple sclerosis. His research of those treatments inspired others, including Nobel Prize winner Linus Pauling. In the 1988 Clinical Guide, Pauling is quoted as saying, "The early papers by Dr. Fred R. Klenner provide much information about the use of large doses of Vitamin C in preventing and treating many diseases. These papers are still important." While practicing medicine, he published 27 papers about the benefits of vitamin C therapy for over 30 diseases. Then on May 23, 1946, Dr. Klenner made national headlines when he delivered the world's first set of surviving identical black quadruplets, the Fultz Sisters, at the Annie Penn Hospital in Reidsville. In his opinion, Klenner attributed their survival to massive doses of vitamins that he administered to the babies while under his medical care.
While Dr. Klenner was revered by many people who believed in his medical treatments, he was also surrounded by controversy over his seemingly eccentric treatments and views. He was shunned by many in the local medical community for what they saw as his unconventional treatment of ailments and diseases. Dr. Klenner even gave up his medical privileges to admit and treat patients at the the Annie Penn Hospital and only saw them in his second story office on Gilmer Street in downtown Reidsville. Dr. Klenner reportedly claimed that he treated over 10,000 people with massive doses of vitamins over a 30 year span of time without any ill effects.
Despite his belief in treating many medical ailments with vitamins, Dr. Klenner could not avoid illness himself and he died from heart disease on May 20, 1984. After suffering a heart attack at his home, he refused to be taken by ambulance to the Annie Penn Hospital which was only one mile away. Instead, he insisted on being taken to Morehead Memorial Hospital in Eden, North Carolina, which was 12 miles away and where he passed away.
Dr. Klenner was the father of serial killer Frederick "Fritz" Klenner Jr. who died in an fiery vehicle explosion on NC 150 in Guilford County, North Carolina, on June 3, 1985, while eluding local and state law enforcement authorities attempting to arrest him. Fritz, his cousin Susie, and both of her young sons all died in the explosion.
Dr. Klenner was the brother-in-law of Susie Marshall Sharp who was the first woman Chief Justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court.
Physician and pioneering vitamin C researcher. He was a 1936 graduate of the Duke University School of Medicine in Durham, North Carolina. After three years of post-graduate medical training at the North Carolina Tuberculosis Sanitarium in Winston Salem, Dr. Klenner moved to and established his medical practice in Reidsville, North Carolina, the hometown of his wife Annie. Although he specialized in diseases of the chest, he also saw general practice patients as well.
Beginning in the 1940s, Dr. Klenner began experimenting with megadoses of vitamins, mostly vitamin C, to treat a variety of medical disorders. From infants to the elderly, Klenner used large doses of vitamins to treat a wide range of medical disorders including polio and multiple sclerosis. His research of those treatments inspired others, including Nobel Prize winner Linus Pauling. In the 1988 Clinical Guide, Pauling is quoted as saying, "The early papers by Dr. Fred R. Klenner provide much information about the use of large doses of Vitamin C in preventing and treating many diseases. These papers are still important." While practicing medicine, he published 27 papers about the benefits of vitamin C therapy for over 30 diseases. Then on May 23, 1946, Dr. Klenner made national headlines when he delivered the world's first set of surviving identical black quadruplets, the Fultz Sisters, at the Annie Penn Hospital in Reidsville. In his opinion, Klenner attributed their survival to massive doses of vitamins that he administered to the babies while under his medical care.
While Dr. Klenner was revered by many people who believed in his medical treatments, he was also surrounded by controversy over his seemingly eccentric treatments and views. He was shunned by many in the local medical community for what they saw as his unconventional treatment of ailments and diseases. Dr. Klenner even gave up his medical privileges to admit and treat patients at the the Annie Penn Hospital and only saw them in his second story office on Gilmer Street in downtown Reidsville. Dr. Klenner reportedly claimed that he treated over 10,000 people with massive doses of vitamins over a 30 year span of time without any ill effects.
Despite his belief in treating many medical ailments with vitamins, Dr. Klenner could not avoid illness himself and he died from heart disease on May 20, 1984. After suffering a heart attack at his home, he refused to be taken by ambulance to the Annie Penn Hospital which was only one mile away. Instead, he insisted on being taken to Morehead Memorial Hospital in Eden, North Carolina, which was 12 miles away and where he passed away.
Dr. Klenner was the father of serial killer Frederick "Fritz" Klenner Jr. who died in an fiery vehicle explosion on NC 150 in Guilford County, North Carolina, on June 3, 1985, while eluding local and state law enforcement authorities attempting to arrest him. Fritz, his cousin Susie, and both of her young sons all died in the explosion.
Dr. Klenner was the brother-in-law of Susie Marshall Sharp who was the first woman Chief Justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court.
Beginning in the 1940s, Dr. Klenner began experimenting with megadoses of vitamins, mostly vitamin C, to treat a variety of medical disorders. From infants to the elderly, Klenner used large doses of vitamins to treat a wide range of medical disorders including polio and multiple sclerosis. His research of those treatments inspired others, including Nobel Prize winner Linus Pauling. In the 1988 Clinical Guide, Pauling is quoted as saying, "The early papers by Dr. Fred R. Klenner provide much information about the use of large doses of Vitamin C in preventing and treating many diseases. These papers are still important." While practicing medicine, he published 27 papers about the benefits of vitamin C therapy for over 30 diseases. Then on May 23, 1946, Dr. Klenner made national headlines when he delivered the world's first set of surviving identical black quadruplets, the Fultz Sisters, at the Annie Penn Hospital in Reidsville. In his opinion, Klenner attributed their survival to massive doses of vitamins that he administered to the babies while under his medical care.
While Dr. Klenner was revered by many people who believed in his medical treatments, he was also surrounded by controversy over his seemingly eccentric treatments and views. He was shunned by many in the local medical community for what they saw as his unconventional treatment of ailments and diseases. Dr. Klenner even gave up his medical privileges to admit and treat patients at the the Annie Penn Hospital and only saw them in his second story office on Gilmer Street in downtown Reidsville. Dr. Klenner reportedly claimed that he treated over 10,000 people with massive doses of vitamins over a 30 year span of time without any ill effects.
Despite his belief in treating many medical ailments with vitamins, Dr. Klenner could not avoid illness himself and he died from heart disease on May 20, 1984. After suffering a heart attack at his home, he refused to be taken by ambulance to the Annie Penn Hospital which was only one mile away. Instead, he insisted on being taken to Morehead Memorial Hospital in Eden, North Carolina, which was 12 miles away and where he passed away.
Dr. Klenner was the father of serial killer Frederick "Fritz" Klenner Jr. who died in an fiery vehicle explosion on NC 150 in Guilford County, North Carolina, on June 3, 1985, while eluding local and state law enforcement authorities attempting to arrest him. Fritz, his cousin Susie, and both of her young sons all died in the explosion.
Dr. Klenner was the brother-in-law of Susie Marshall Sharp who was the first woman Chief Justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court.
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The Klenner family plot is located in a valley between Block 9 and Block 11. The plot is behind a large above ground crypt for Laura Leslie Powell.
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