Linda Hazzard
In 1911, Linda Laura Hazzard, operating a sanitarium called Wilderness Heights in Olalla, Washington, was convicted of manslaughter for the deaths of at least 15 patients due to her extreme fasting treatments, which she falsely promoted as cures for various ailments. Hazzard, who had no formal medical training but exploited a legal loophole to practice alternative medicine, was sentenced to 2 to 20 years in prison but served only two years before being paroled in 1915. She received a full pardon in 1916 under the condition of relocating to New Zealand. Hazzard continued her controversial practices until her death from self-imposed starvation in 1938, raising significant concerns about medical ethics and patient safety in alternative medicine practices.
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