The Absurdities of Adolphus
A spokesman for the Tacoma Better Business Bureau once stated about Adolphus Hohensee,
Beginning in the 1940s, hearing the name of Adolphus Hohensee probably disgusted the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Adolphus Hohensee, who gave many lectures on the benefits of garlic and claimed to be a nutritional expert, “had no scientific background at all” (Schwarcz 114); his schooling ended with one semester of high school level work. He acquired medical degrees by fraud including one from an institution which, according to the American Medical Association (AMA), was listed as unaccredited. Before shifting to nutrition, Hohensee was traced to mail fraud, passing void checks, and four charges of assault. In the 1940s, he started selling remedies and giving lectures about nutrition. However, the FDA soon became his enemy after he was charged with selling drugs without a license, posing as a medical doctor, and selling misbranded remedies. Medical experts testified that Hohensee sold nutritional remedies that were absurd. Adolphus’ hoax escalated as he claimed that a food’s nutrient qualities were lost if it was not prepared with a 195 dollar blender or tenderizer.
The audiences at Hohensee’s lectures were enormous since he made 40 to 50 thousand dollars at lectures in just one city. During his lectures, he convinced audiences by using scientific, grandiloquent words, quoting famous scientists, and referring to studies conducted by government organizations. He convinced his audiences that they were vitamin deprived and suffered from malnutrition and preached that his remedies such as Adolphus apple juice and olive oil could easily solve that. However, his favorite wonder food was garlic. In his lectures he claimed that this was the answer to vitamin deprivation as well cleansing the body. Over the years the FDA and the AMA filed many charges against Hohensee. It is difficult to imagine how thousands of people could believe the absurdities that Adolphus Hohensee proposed.
“We feel this man, although lacking formal education, is a shrewd, capable adversary, thoroughly unscrupulous and dangerous.”
Beginning in the 1940s, hearing the name of Adolphus Hohensee probably disgusted the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Adolphus Hohensee, who gave many lectures on the benefits of garlic and claimed to be a nutritional expert, “had no scientific background at all” (Schwarcz 114); his schooling ended with one semester of high school level work. He acquired medical degrees by fraud including one from an institution which, according to the American Medical Association (AMA), was listed as unaccredited. Before shifting to nutrition, Hohensee was traced to mail fraud, passing void checks, and four charges of assault. In the 1940s, he started selling remedies and giving lectures about nutrition. However, the FDA soon became his enemy after he was charged with selling drugs without a license, posing as a medical doctor, and selling misbranded remedies. Medical experts testified that Hohensee sold nutritional remedies that were absurd. Adolphus’ hoax escalated as he claimed that a food’s nutrient qualities were lost if it was not prepared with a 195 dollar blender or tenderizer.
The audiences at Hohensee’s lectures were enormous since he made 40 to 50 thousand dollars at lectures in just one city. During his lectures, he convinced audiences by using scientific, grandiloquent words, quoting famous scientists, and referring to studies conducted by government organizations. He convinced his audiences that they were vitamin deprived and suffered from malnutrition and preached that his remedies such as Adolphus apple juice and olive oil could easily solve that. However, his favorite wonder food was garlic. In his lectures he claimed that this was the answer to vitamin deprivation as well cleansing the body. Over the years the FDA and the AMA filed many charges against Hohensee. It is difficult to imagine how thousands of people could believe the absurdities that Adolphus Hohensee proposed.
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