Hoxsey: When Healing Becomes a Crime (2005)

05/17/2005 (US) • Documentary • 1h 23m

Hoxsey: When Healing Becomes a Crime

Overview

In the 1920s, former coal miner Harry Hoxsey claimed to have an herbal cure for cancer. Although scoffed at and ultimately banned by the medical establishment, by the 1950s, Hoxsey's formula had been used to treat thousands of patients, who testified to its efficacy. Was Hoxsey's recipe the work of a snake-oil charlatan or a legitimate treatment? Ken Ausubel directs this keen look into the forces that shape the policies of organized medicine.

Hoxsey: When Healing Becomes a Crime (2005)

05/17/2005 (US) • 1h 23m

Documentary

Hoxsey: When Healing Becomes a Crime

Overview

In the 1920s, former coal miner Harry Hoxsey claimed to have an herbal cure for cancer. Although scoffed at and ultimately banned by the medical establishment, by the 1950s, Hoxsey's formula had been used to treat thousands of patients, who testified to its efficacy. Was Hoxsey's recipe the work of a snake-oil charlatan or a legitimate treatment? Ken Ausubel directs this keen look into the forces that shape the policies of organized medicine.

Top Billed Cast

Peter Barry Chowka

Interviewee / Journalist

Max Gail

Narrator

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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

-

Revenue

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Keywords

historical

social documentary

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