 Although not licensed to practise medicine in the United States , he began testing the boxes on human beings diagnosed with cancer and schizophrenia . In one case the test had to be stopped prematurely because the subject heard a rumour that Reich was insane ; there were stories , which were false , that he had been hospitalized in the Utica State Mental Hospital . In another case the father of an eight @-@ year @-@ old girl with cancer approached him for help , then complained to the American Medical Association that he was practising without a licence . He asked his supporters to stick with him through the criticism , believing that he had developed a grand unified theory of physical and mental health . 
