[3] In 1912 he sued the estate of the late Mary A. Mason of New York and Great Barrington for fees of $7,000 for medical treatment given in 1909 and 1910.

[5] He was on the staff of St. Mark's Hospital for many years and also in private practice at 116 East 58th Street between Park and Lexington Avenues in New York City.

[12] Beck's book Bee Venom Therapy was negatively reviewed in the Journal of the American Medical Association in 1935.

The review commented that "this book fails in its purpose of advancing the use of bee venom because most of the evidence is uncritical...

It is an interesting book from the historical aspect, has an extensive bibliography and is written in good style, but it is not a contribution to scientific medical literature.