Harry Hoxsey's cancer cures and the US government campaign to destroy them

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The Abraham Cherrix cancer story the media won't print: Harry Hoxsey's

cancer cures and the US government campaign to destroy them

 

Posted Thursday, August 03, 2006 by Jessica Fraser,

 

 

 

The idea of health freedom is one Americans likely never consider.

Certain freedoms in this country are taken for granted -- like the

freedoms of speech and religion -- so freedom to choose a method of

health care seems a given. Unfortunately, recent cases have brought to

the public's attention the startling truth that the government can

(and does) make medical decisions for Americans, whether or not they

agree.

 

This is especially the case concerning parents' decisions to treat

their children's diseases with alternative therapies over traditional,

and often harmful, treatments. The most recent in a host of such cases

involves a 16-year-old Virginia boy named Abraham Cherrix, who was

diagnosed in August 2005 with Hodgkin's disease -- a cancer of the

lymph nodes. After his initial diagnosis, Abraham submitted to

chemotherapy, which made him feel sick and weak. His cancer went into

brief remission before returning earlier this year, when he decided he

would not undergo more chemotherapy, but rather try alternative herbal

treatments. Abraham's parents supported their son's decision and began

taking him to the Hoxsey Clinic in Mexico for treatments involving

cancer-fighting herbs and an organic diet.

 

The story should end there. Abraham and his parents should be taking

their son to the clinic in Tijuana, with no interference. However, the

Virginia Department of Social Services decided to get involved, and

asked the state court to require Abraham's parents to return him to a

hospital in Virginia for conventional treatment, which would include

stronger chemotherapy than he'd previously undergone, as well as

radiation therapy. The court agreed and ordered Abraham's parents to

give consent for their son to be treated with harsh chemo treatments

at Children's Hospital of the King's Daughters in Norfolk.

 

That's right: The court ordered his parents to give consent, which

flies in the face of the spirit of " consent, " which by definition

involves a willing agreement between the consenting parties.

Fortunately for their son's health, Abraham's parents refused, and an

ongoing court battle began -- but for how long can Abraham's family

fend off the courts seeking to subject their son to a " therapy " that

comes with side effects ranging from pain and hair loss to vomiting

and infections?

 

Does the state own your body?

Americans should be disturbed by Abraham's ordeal, regardless of

whether or not they believe alternative treatments work. As Abraham's

family lawyer put it: " This is not a case about what treatment is

best. It's a case about who gets to decide. " Other recent cases of

health authorities revoking parents' rights to treat their children

with natural therapies eclipse even Abraham's nightmare.

 

Take, for instance, the case of 13-year-old Katie Wernecke, a Texas

girl diagnosed with Hodgkin's disease in January 2005. After her

parents took her to the hospital for what they believed was pneumonia,

she was treated with chemotherapy, and doctors also wanted to give her

radiation therapy. Her parents declined, citing possible complications

such as stunted growth, an increase in breast cancer risk and learning

difficulties. They opted to try an alternative therapy involving high

doses of intravenous vitamin C, but before they got to try the much

safer therapy, Texas Child Protective Services intervened.

 

Unlike Abraham's case, Katie was taken away from her parents after

they were labeled " neglectful " by the state, and her mother was

arrested and thrown in jail for taking Katie to hide at a family ranch

to avoid the ordered " treatment. "

 

On a June 9 episode of NBC's " Today Show, " viewers saw a videotaped

statement from Katie, who said, " I don't need radiation treatment. And

nobody asked me what I wanted. It's my body. "

 

Apparently, the state of Texas disagreed with the ownership of Katie's

body -- a district court judge eventually ruled that the Werneckes

would be allowed to treat Katie with the vitamin C treatments, but

only after she underwent five days of court-ordered chemotherapy.

What's worse, her parents weren't allowed to be with her during the

chemo they'd fought so hard to avoid.

 

Outrage at medical terrorism is compounded by efforts of medical

establishment to silence cancer cures

People might be justifiably outraged to hear of Abraham's and Katie's

trials, or they might believe that the government acted in the best

interest of the young patients in attempting to force on them the only

known " treatment " for cancer. Hold the phone, though. What would

Americans think if they heard that traditional cancer treatments are

not the only therapy, and that safe, effective cancer cures have been

around for decades? Moreover, what would they think if they heard that

trusted medical establishments charged with protecting the health of

Americans -- such as the American Medical Association -- have waged a

decades-long battle against such cancer cures in an attempt to keep

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Enter Harry Hoxsey, founder of the " Hoxsey Method " with which Abraham

Cherrix is attempting to treat his cancer. Hoxsey is the

great-grandson of John Hoxsey, an American physician who discovered a

remarkably effective cancer cure in 1840 by watching horses with

cancer cure themselves by foraging for certain rare herbs.

 

Harry Hoxsey, a coal miner with no formal medical training, began

promoting his great-grandfather's cancer formula -- which contained a

number of herbs, including bloodroot, burdock, red clover, licorice

root, pokeroot, barberry root, buckthorn, prickly ash, stillingia root

and cascara -- in the 1930s. He also marketed a salve for external

cancers, called an " escharotic, " which essentially burns off external

cancers. His treatments proved amazingly effective at curing cancer,

and word of his cancer treatments spread. People from all over the

country -- including " terminal " patients conventional doctors had

given up on -- sought out his treatments, no matter where he was

practicing, and a high number of them were successfully cured.

 

Hoxsey was not a doctor, and could not legally practice medicine --

even if he was offering genuine cancer cures -- so to stay in

business, he partnered with various MDs throughout his life, letting

them do the official " treatments " while he acted as " technician. "

Though he never claimed to be a licensed physician, he was arrested

hundreds of times over the course of his life, mostly for practicing

medicine without a license -- including 119 arrests between 1926 and

1931 alone. According to Ralph W. Moss' " Herbs Against Cancer, " Hoxsey

had even taken to carrying $10,000 in cash every day to bail himself

out of jail.

 

At the height of his popularity in the 1950s, Hoxsey was operating a

chain of cancer clinics in Texas, and had seven licensed physicians

working for him. He'd earned a Doctorate of Naturopathy in Texas, and

helped tens of thousands of patients cure their cancer without

surgery, chemotherapy or radiation, using herbal treatments and

escharotic therapies.

 

Organized medicine's campaign to eradicate cancer cures

People may wonder why the American public hasn't heard of Hoxsey, if

his treatments were so effective and cured so many. The answer is

because large-scale, vicious attacks by U.S. health agencies

eventually sent Hoxsey packing to Mexico, where he could finally

practice herbal healing in relative peace. One might also wonder what

" health " agency would ever knowingly drive a cure for cancer out of

the country. The American Medical Association (AMA), the Food and Drug

Administration (FDA) and the National Cancer Institute (NCI) would,

just to name a few.

 

Why? Cliché as it may sound, they did it for political power. The AMA

has historically been considered the " gold standard " of Western

medicine -- a privilege that comes with vast control over what is and

is not considered genuine medicine. Efforts to preserve and gain such

political power have garnered the AMA a shady history rife with

efforts to suppress natural and alternative treatments. For example, a

small group of chiropractors won a landmark antitrust suit against the

AMA in 1990 in the U.S. Court of Appeals 7th circuit, which ruled the

AMA had violated the Sherman Act by " conducting an illegal boycott in

restraint of the trade directed at chiropractors generally, and at the

four plaintiffs in particular, " This demonstrates the association's

willingness to target entire alternative fields, as well as

individuals within them.

 

Though a large part of the AMA's stated mission is to be " an essential

force for progress in improving the nation's health, " it was without a

doubt Hoxsey's biggest enemy, and is largely responsible for driving

him and his treatments out of the country. Morris Fishbein, editor of

the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) -- the AMA's

flagship medical journal -- from 1924 to 1949, particularly targeted

Hoxsey and his therapy, labeling Hoxsey a " quack " while simultaneously

refusing to study his therapies or their efficacy. Fishbein went out

of his way to sully Hoxsey's name in JAMA publications, and was

eventually found guilty of libeling Hoxsey in two 1947 suits.

" Fishbein had written an 'excoriating editorial' in JAMA titled

'Hoxsey -- Cancer Charlatan.' He also co-authored an article in the

Hearst newspaper chain's weekly newsmagazine, titled 'Blood Money,' "

writes Moss in " Herbs Against Cancer. " Without evidence, Fishbein's

JAMA articles attacked Hoxsey's treatment, claiming it " ate into blood

vessels " and killed patients, Moss writes.

 

The FDA used money and corrupt political influence to chase Hoxsey out

of America, state by state

The FDA, for its part in the Hoxsey debacle, used its influence to get

courts in the states in which Hoxsey tried to practice to revoke the

licenses of the physicians he worked with. " The FDA had limitless

financial and publicity resources, " writes Moss. " When Hoxsey employed

physicians to give his treatment, Texas courts revoked their licenses

and forbade him from operating a clinic. When he turned the clinic

over to someone else, FDA secured a court order requiring the Hoxsey

clinic to write individually to all patients and inform them that the

treatment was no longer available. The final blow came on October 29,

1958 when the FDA simultaneously padlocked his clinics in a single

day. " Hoxsey's longtime nurse and current operator of his clinic in

Mexico, Mildred Nelson, said, " In no way did Harry have the money to

fight that state by state. "

 

The NCI helped eradicate the Hoxsey method from U.S. soil in a

somewhat different manner -- by giving him hope that the government

would finally investigate his treatment, only to let him down on more

than one occasion.

 

In 1945, Hoxsey met with three congressmen at the NCI offices in

Maryland, where NCI director R.R. Spencer laid out the details of what

the institute would need to review Hoxsey's method. Hoxsey went back

to Texas and compiled above and beyond what the NCI had asked for,

only to be told that his information was too incomplete and fragmented

for investigation. However, in 1947, the NCI asked him to resubmit the

information he'd sent before, for reconsideration by new staff members

at the institute. He sent it, and soon received a reply that his

records were still inadequate for consideration, and no government

investigation would occur.

 

However, Hoxsey's cancer cures were not entirely without government

approval. Dr. John Heinerman writes in " Natural Pet Cures " that: " A

Dallas judge ruled in federal court that Hoxsey's therapy was

'comparable to surgery, radium and x-ray in its effectiveness, without

the destructive side effects of those treatments.' (Hoxsey) faced

unrelenting opposition and harassment from a hostile medical

establishment. The AMA, NCI, and FDA organized a 'conspiracy' to

'suppress' a fair, unbiased assessment of Hoxsey's methods, according

to a 1953 report to Congress. "

 

In spite of that court's approval, Hoxsey's clinics in Dallas were

shut down in the 1950s, and he moved his practice to Mexico. Hoxsey

died in 1974, and his nurse, Mildred Nelson, has carried the torch at

the Tijuana-based Bio-Medical Center ever since, caring for patients

such as Abraham Cherrix.

 

Hoxsey's cancer cures really work

Though the government agencies that drove Hoxsey from the United

States never bothered to test his therapy and called him a " quack " out

of hand because he did not have a medical license, research has proven

the efficacious effects of the herbs in his formulas.

 

For example, red clover has long been used as an herbal remedy for

cancer, infections, tumors and menopause symptoms. It also supports

the immune system and the blood. Burdock fights skin disorders and

cancer, and supports the liver, skin and immune system. Licorice root

is used for a myriad of health conditions ranging from inflammation

and arthritis to cancer and heart disease. It supports the immune

system, the blood, and the function of the spleen.

 

Pokeroot has shown anti-cancer properties, especially for breast

cancers. Similarly, bloodroot is a powerful fighter against skin

cancer. Cascara is a natural treatment for leukemia and liver

disorders, and supports liver and gallbladder function. Stillingia

root also treats skin conditions and acts as a blood purifier.

 

Though Hoxsey's formula often uses broad combinations of powerful

herbs such as red clover and bloodroot, as well as many others, his

formula is adapted to specially fit each individual patient, adding or

removing herbal components case-by-case. The Hoxsey method also

incorporates a healthy organic diet, along with vitamins and immune

stimulation. While official government studies have never been

performed, other forms of honest evidence support the benefits and

success of Hoxsey's method.

 

" Today substantial laboratory data indicates that the Hoxsey herbal

tonic could have genuine value against cancer, " writes Kenny Ausubel

in " When Healing Becomes A Crime. " Ausubel continues, " Thousands of

patients believe it saved their lives. There is no dispute that the

Hoxsey remedies for external cancer are effective. Over the course of

this century, numerous prominent figures including senators,

congressmen, judges, and even doctors have affirmed Hoxsey's reputed

cures and repeatedly called for an investigation. Why, then, has it

taken so long? The answer is buried in medical politics. It revolves

around a fierce trade war fought over money as well as fundamental

conflict of medical opinion. Its consequence has been the exclusion

and outright suppression of Hoxsey as well as numerous other

unorthodox cancer therapies. "

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Alternative practitioners suffer from medical establishment's

meddling, but patients suffer more

Unfortunately, Hoxsey's therapy is far from the only alternative

treatment to be railroaded by conventional medical authorities.

Unorthodox medical therapies have been forced to relocate to Mexico

and other countries free of the red tape surrounding American medical

politics.

 

Who suffers most from such medical bias and political lust? Sure, the

alternative practitioners suffer, but so do countless Americans who

are kept in the dark about natural, effective, safe treatments for

diseases traditional practitioners treat with toxic chemotherapy and

radiation -- which seem to kill the patients more often than save

them. What's worse, the U.S. medical establishment seems to have

convinced much of the country that its poisonous cancer " treatments "

are the only option, and anyone who does not subject themselves or

their children to it are criminals who must be punished.

 

" Since the early 1970s when President Nixon declared the War on

Cancer, two trillion dollars have been spent on conventional cancer

treatment and research, with the result that more Americans are dying

of cancer than ever before, " writes Walter Last in " The Natural Way to

Heal: 65 Ways to Create Superior Health. "

 

That's $2 trillion down the drain studying dangerous treatments that

likely cause cancer as often as they temporarily delay its symptoms.

Meanwhile, how much money does the FDA, AMA and NCI waste forcing

holistic therapies like Hoxsey's out of the country? Today, such

agencies have the public convinced that anyone seeking alternative

therapies for serious diseases like cancer is misguided, uninformed

and naive, and must be forced to submit to conventional treatments

ostensibly for their own good, even if it is against their will.

 

A foundational principle of the United States is the freedom of its

citizens to choose what is best for them, including how best to treat

disease. With cases like Abraham Cherrix and Katie Wernecke seeing

increasing media coverage, perhaps Americans will begin to realize how

close they are to losing their health freedom. Medical agencies have

already won many of the health freedom battles by successfully driving

alternative therapies from U.S. soil, but it is far from too late for

such offenses to be reversed. Americans may yet re-win their right to

be in charge of their own bodies, regardless of the medical political

scheming of the AMA, FDA and NCI.

 

Perhaps Abraham Cherrix says it best: " I think it's my body. I can

choose what's best for my body. If I don't have the right to do that,

then I don't have any rights at all anyway. "

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