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Hoxsey, Harry M.

secondary literature · 2009
type:secondary literature
year:2009
citation:Lincecom, Jerry. "Hoxsey, Harry M." Handbook of Texas Online. Texas State Historical Association. Published 27 January 2009. Accessed 11 July 2026. https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/hoxsey-harry-m.
LINK
https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/hoxsey-harry-m
SUMMARY
Biographical entry in the Handbook of Texas Online, the Texas State Historical Association's peer-edited reference encyclopedia, by Jerry Lincecom. Published 27 January 2009. Gives Hoxsey's birth date and place, family background, clinic timeline (Taylorville 1920s; Dallas from 9 March 1936), the 1949-1952 libel litigation against Fishbein/AMA/Hearst, the 1956 FDA ban, and his 1974 death. Fetched directly; used for biographical facts and one direct quotation (the 1952 trial's damages description).
NOTES

An academic-encyclopedia biographical source for Harry Hoxsey’s life dates, clinic history, and the outcome of his libel suit against the AMA.