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Two hoary old nostrums which were finally banned by Federal authorities:
>During the past 23 years, William Koch, a discredited M.D., and his brother Louis have widely marketed from their Koch Laboratories a phony synthetic "antitoxin" for cancer called Glyoxylide. They claimed it was made from fatty sulfur compounds, sold it for prices ranging from $25 to $300 a thimbleful. Since cancer is not caused by bacteria but is an anarchy of the body's own cells, a cancer antitoxin is a contradiction in terms. Last week the Koch Bros, were arrested for violating the...
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