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HOXSEY CANCER CLINIC v. FOLSOM

Civ. A. No. 1688-57.

155 F.Supp. 376 (1957)

HOXSEY CANCER CLINIC, A Corporation, Plaintiff, v. Marian B. FOLSOM, Secretary, Department of Health, Education and Welfare, and George P. Larrick, Commissioner, Food and Drug Administration, Defendants.

United States District Court District of Columbia.

October 11, 1957.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James J. Laughlin, and Albert J. Ahern, Jr., Washington, D. C., on behalf of plaintiff.

Oliver Gasch, U. S. Atty., E. Riley Casey, Asst. U. S. Atty., and William W. Goodrich, Gen. Counsel, Food and Drug Administration, Washington, D. C., for defendants.

HOLTZOFF, District Judge.

The Food and Drug Administration has issued a circular, copies of which are being posted in post offices throughout the country, warning the public that the so-called Hoxsey cancer treatment has been found worthless insofar as internal cancer is concerned. It also warns those afflicted with cancer not to be misled by the false promise that the Hoxsey cancer treatment will cure or alleviate their condition. This action is brought by Harry...

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