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Doctor John Henry Pinkard (1866–1934) was a Roanoke, Virginia businessman and "Yarb Doctor" or "Herb Doctor" who concocted quack medicines that he sold and distributed in violation of the Food and Drugs Act and the earlier Pure Food and Drug Act. He was also known as a "clairvoyant, herb doctor and spiritualist."
[1] [2] [3] Gonzalez's treatments were based on his belief that pancreatic enzymes were the body's main defense against cancer and could be used as a cancer treatment. [4] His methods have been generally rejected by the medical community, [1] and he has been characterized as a quack and fraud by other doctors [3] and health fraud watchdog ...
Milan Brych (born 11 December 1939) is a Czech-born quack and convicted fraudster known for his promotion of fraudulent treatments for cancer. He was removed from the New Zealand Medical Register in 1977 and in 1980 he was convicted of practising medicine without a licence in California.
Its promotion has been described as "the slickest, most sophisticated, and certainly the most remunerative cancer quack promotion in medical history." [86] Mangosteen – a fruit native to Southeast Asia which is promoted as a "superfruit" and in products such as XanGo juice for treating a variety of human ailments. According to the American ...
Stanislaw Rajmund Burzynski was born in 1943. [6] In 1967, Burzynski graduated from the Medical Academy in Lublin, Poland. [7] [8] [9] In 1968, he received another degree.. Burzynski claims this degree was a Ph.D. in biochemistry, but cancer researcher Saul Green found evidence indicating he received a D.Msc. (Doctor of Medical Science) after a one-year project and passage of
Ernst Theodore Krebs Jr. (May 17, 1911 – September 8, 1996) was an American promoter of various substances as alternative cures for cancer, including pangamic acid and amygdalin. He also co-patented the semi-synthetic chemical compound closely related to amygdalin called laetrile , which was also promoted as a cancer preventative and cure.
John Romulus Brinkley (later John Richard Brinkley; July 8, 1885 – May 26, 1942) was an American quack doctor, broadcaster, marketer and independent politician.He had no accredited education as a physician and bought his medical degree from a diploma mill.
Ward went to France where he practiced as a quack doctor, but returned to London in 1734. [2] He invented a medicine called "Joshua Ward's drop", also known as the "Pill and Drop". It was supposed to cure people of any illness they had, gaining acclaim and notoriety for Ward. [3] [4] Ward is widely cited as an example of a quack.