Hoxsey: When Healing Becomes a Crime

05/17/2005

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1hr 23min

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Documentary

Hoxsey: When Healing Becomes a Crime

STORY

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.

CAST & CREW

    Cast

  • Peter Barry Chowka
  • Max Gail

    Director

  • Kenny Ausubel

INFORMATION

    Production Companies

    Production Countries

  • United States of America

LANGUAGES

  • English