Desiré D. Dubounet
Desiré Dubounet at the 2010 Biofeedback & Wellness Congress
Born
William Charles Nelson

(1951-06-19) 19 June 1951
Warren, Ohio[1]
CitizenshipUSA
Alma materYoungstown State University
Southeastern Louisiana University
Known forDesigning and selling Radionics devices
Scientific career
FieldsRadionics

Desiré D. Dubounet (born William Charles Nelson; 19 June 1951[1]) is an American alternative medicine inventor, filmmaker and performer currently living in Budapest.[2][3] Dubounet developed the pseudoscientific Electro Physiological Feedback Xrroid, an energy medicine device that is considered to be dangerous to health and has been described as a scam.[2][4]

Biography

Dubounet developed the pseudoscientific EPFX device in the late 1980s which supposedly claimed could diagnose and eliminate diseases including AIDS and cancer.[2][5] The EPFX device is described as balancing "bio-energetic" forces; bio-energetic forces do not exist.[4] Some people died after using the EPFX system instead of seeking or continuing medical care.[6]

In 1992 the United States Food and Drug Administration ordered Dubounet to stop claiming that the EPFX could diagnose or cure diseases, but she did not; in 1996 she was indicted on nine counts of felony fraud, though none were in relation to the EPFX.[2] Dubounet has since left the United States.[2][7] Dubounet is also involved in homeopathic medicine; she received a patent for a process for manufacturing homeopathic "remedies" in 1997.[8] At least 10,000 EPFX devices have been sold in the United States.[9]

Dubounet lives in Budapest,[10] and performs at the nightclub Bohemian Alibi.[11] and produced and starred in the English-Hungarian comedy The Story of F***.[3][12] Dubounet also directed the erotic comedy Paprika Western.[13][14]

References

  1. 1 2 "Professor of Medicine Desiré Dubounet's Bio" (PDF). desiredubounet.net. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 1, 2016.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Willmsen, Christine (18 November 2007). "How One Man's Invention is Part of a Growing Worldwide Scam That Snares the Desperately Ill". The Seattle Times. Retrieved 14 March 2016.
  3. 1 2 "Félnek tőlem, olyan jó filmeket csinálok" [They’re scared of me, I make such good movies]. Index.hu (in Hungarian). 31 July 2008.
  4. 1 2 Barrett, Stephen (12 July 2009). "Some Notes on the Quantum Xrroid (QXCI) and William C. Nelson". Quackwatch. Retrieved 14 March 2016.
  5. ↑ "Miracle Makers or Money Takers?". Marketplace. Season 36. Episode 4. January 30, 2009. CBC Television.
  6. ↑ Schwarcz, Joe (2011). Dr. Joe's Health Lab: 164 Amazing Insights into the Science of Medicine, Nutrition and Well-being. Doubleday Canada. p. 205. ISBN 978-0385671569.
  7. ↑ "USA v. Nelson" (PDF). U.S. District Court District of Columbia. Retrieved 14 March 2016.
  8. ↑ US patent 5603915, Nelson, William & Kiely, Carmel, "Process for Manufacturing Homeopathic Medicines", issued February 18, 1997
  9. ↑ Berezow, Alex; Campbell, Hank (2012). Science Left Behind: Feel-Good Fallacies and the Rise of the Anti-Scientific Left. New York: PublicAffairs. pp. 121. ISBN 9781610391658. william nelson epfx.
  10. ↑ "Historia del Dr. Nelson y el SCIO". www.holistica-cuantica.com. Archived from the original on 2016-02-17. Retrieved 2016-03-16.
  11. ↑ Horwitz, Jeff (18 November 2007). "Miracle Machines: William Nelson". The Seattle Times. Associated Press.
  12. ↑ "Győzike megy csak Cannes-ba?" [Is your victory just going to Cannes?]. Index.hu (in Hungarian). 8 December 2007.
  13. ↑ "Magyarországi transzvesztita lett a sydney-i melegfesztivál győztese". hvg.hu (in Hungarian). 8 March 2007.
  14. ↑ Hajnal, Hudák (12 May 2006). "Csöcsvillantás a köbön". velvet.hu (in Hungarian).
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