Editorial use only Hoxsey alternative therapy for cancer. Bottle from the Hoxsey Cancer Clinic in Dallas, Texas, USA. Harry Hoxsey, a former coal mine

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Editorial use only Hoxsey alternative therapy for cancer. Bottle from the Hoxsey Cancer Clinic in Dallas, Texas, USA. Harry Hoxsey, a former coal miner with no medical training, made a fortune selling ineffective ('quack') cancer cures. The Hoxsey products were banned by the US Food and Drug Administration in 1960. Hoxsey's tonic consisted of elixir of lactated pepsin and potassium iodide.

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