Polansky, Alois

1849-1944. The "Polansky Tuberculosis Remedy" in the Minutes of the Pima County Medical Society, 1904-1954: 06/11/1925, 10/28/1925, 11/10/1925, 12/08/1925 & 01/12/1926. A mention on his great-grandson's website: http://worldatuningfork.com/john-campion-2/biography-from-where-three-roads-meet/

Southwestern Medicine, Jun 1926; 10 (6): 282, 284: Last fall the Pima County Medical Society determined upon the prosecution of two flagrant tuberculosis cures operating in this vicinity, one under the guidance of an uncouth named Polansky, the other being directed by "Dr." W.A. Swank, a veterinarian. The results today are that "Dr." Swank has forfeited his bond and left the community. The Polansky case came up in the Superior Court recently and upon the agreement of the defendant to leave the state immediately and not to attempt to practice medicine legally in Arizona again, the charges were dropped.
J Am Med Assoc, Jul 1926; 87: 250: Polansky and "Dr." Swank. – The Pima County Medical Society recently undertook an investigation of two tuberculosis "cures" which were being exploited in that county, one by a man named Polansky, the other by "Dr." W. A. Swank, a veterinarian. When Polansky's case came up in the superior court, he agreed, says Southwestern Medicine, to leave the state immediately and not to attempt to practice medicine in Arizona again. "Dr." Swank forfeited his bond and left the community.

See "Alois Polansky," The Czech Texans, University of Texas Institute of Texan Cultures at San Antonio, 1975, 1998; page 14: "Little is known about the tuberculosis remedy that [Polansky] used, but it is said that he cured many people. He refused no one and accepted whatever compensation was offered. Polansky died in Fayetteville [Texas] in 1944 without revealing the secret of his cure."

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