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The AMA's
Successful
Attempt to
Suppress My
Cure for Cancer
Harry M. Hoxsey, N.D.
One of the landmarks of Taylorville was the three-story converted residence
on Main Street occupied by the local Loyal Order of Moose. My
friend and former patient Fred Auchenbach, an official of the Lodge,
informed us that the board of trustees might be induced to sell the property
if persuaded that it would be employed for a worthy purpose. There was
plenty of room not only for our rapidly-expanding clinic, but for a twenty-five
bed hospital. He said his bank would finance the entire transaction.
Accordingly one Sunday afternoon in March, accompanied by Dr.
Miller, I appeared before a meeting of the membership in the auditorium
of the Lodge and presented our proposal. To reinforce my arguments nearly
a dozen of my cured patients were present including Larkin, McVicker,
Hunter, Bulpitt, Mrs. Sleighbough, Mrs. Stroud and Fred Baugh, secretary
of the Lodge. After hearing their testimony the members voted unanimously
to sell us the building.
At this point a stranger in the audience demanded the floor. He identified
himself as Lucius O. V. Everhard, an insurance broker and member
of a Moose Lodge in Chicago. He said he'd recently written a large policy
on the life of Dr. Malcolm L. Harris, chief surgeon at the Alexian
Brothers and the Henrotin Memorial hospitals in Chicago, and a power in
the American Medical Association (he later became its President).
"If half of what I've heard today is true," Everhard declared, "Taylorville
is too small to hold this clinic. Cancer is a national calamity. If Hoxsey is
willing I'll telephone Dr. Harris and try to get his support for a clinic in
Chicago, where the Hoxsey treatment can reach a wider audience."
I was more than willing, I was excited and elated. Here was the answer
to all my problems. With the backing of Dr. Harris, medical recognition of
the Hoxsey treatment was a foregone conclusion. Moreover his recommendation
would be an "Open, Sesame" to any medical school in the country.
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