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Wallace Everett BROWN

Dr. Brown Sanatorium, 1910

The Berkshire Hills Sanitarium was founded in 1877 by Dr. W. E. Brown and Son in North Adams, Massachusetts. The large, single building facility was founded as a specialized treatment center for cancer...

Dr. Wallace E. Brown, of Berkshire Hills, boasted cancer treatment "without resorting to surgical procedure," in reference to the Nichol Escharotic Method... The method was quickly regarded as ineffective, and it was phased out by the late 1950's.

Around 1908, Brown's colleges convinced him to stop advertising for his treatment center. They deemed it unethical, and Brown followed their suggestions. This was to the ultimate downfall of the institution. One year later, the facility was empty...
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