Hulda Clark
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Hulda Regehr Clark was an author who has written several books on alternative medicine, many of which advanced the pseudoscientific claim that all maladies, from cancer to HIV, are actually caused by parasites, which can, predictably, be flushed from one's body by purchasing and using the costly herbs and electronic devices that are also, so curiously, marketed by Clark.
One of these products, The Zapper, is a machine designed to send a low-voltage current through the body (read: electrocute you...slightly) in the hope of killing all of the hidden nasties which Hulda insists make people sick. It caused serious arrhythmia when used by a patient with a cardiac pacemaker.
[edit] Death
Hulda Clark died on September 3, 2009. According to her own website, she died of complications from a spinal cord injury, but a copy of her death certificate lists the causes as anemia and hypercalcemia, and multiple myeloma as a contributing factor.
[edit] Literature
- Furrer M, Naegeli B, Bertel O. Hazards of an alternative medicine device in a patient with a pacemaker New England Journal of Medicine, 2004 April 15;350(16):1688-90. PMID: 15084709
[edit] External links
- "Hulda Regehr Clark" on Wikipedia
- Extended video analysis of Clark's claims by ExtantDodo on YouTube
- Quackwatch - The Bizarre Claims of Hulda Clark
- Casewatch - Hulda Clark Associate Barred from Making False Claims about "Zappers" and Other Products
- CancerGuide - Quacky Mexican Clinics
- Science Blogs - Requiem for a Quack
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