One of many cancer cures that became available in the United States in the 20th century. It was devised and marketed by a medically unqualified licensed naturopathy practitioner, Harry Mathias Hoxsey and practiced in his Dallas, Texas, Hoxsey Cancer Clinic from 1936. Hoxsey\u2019s father had devised a cancer tonic, and his son, realizing that there was room for exploitation, expanded the operation. Harry Hoxsey sold his preparations throughout the United States through a network of osteopaths. He came into frequent conflict with the regulatory authorities; the Food and Drug Administration stopped his interstate trade and warned the public that some of his claimed curing methods might actually be harmful. In 1956 one of his supporters, John J. Haluska, a Pennsylvania state senator, opened a second Hoxsey clinic in Portage, Pennsylvania, convinced that Hoxsey treatments were beneficial.<\/p>\n
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One of many cancer cures that became available in the United States in the 20th century. It was devised and marketed by a medically unqualified licensed naturopathy practitioner, Harry Mathias Hoxsey and practiced in his Dallas, Texas, Hoxsey Cancer Clinic from 1936. Hoxsey\u2019s father had devised a cancer tonic, and his son, realizing that there […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-210846","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-h"],"yoast_head":"\n