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[[File:John Richardson.png|200px|thumb|right|Source:BMJ]] '''John Richardson''', MB, BS, (1915-2002) was a [[United Kingdom|British]] family practice physician who spent many years caring for and researching [[myalgic encephalomyelitis|ME]] patients. He was a founding Member of the Newcastle Research Group, a member of the [[Melvin Ramsay]] Society, and the Environmental Medicine Association. He served as the Chairman of the 1989 Cambridge Symposium on the Clinical and Scientific Basis of Myalgic Encephalomyelitis.<ref name=":1">{{Cite book | url =https://books.google.com/books?id=nshvu-ORoJcC | title = Enteroviral and Toxin Mediated Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Other Organ Pa | last = Montero | first = Roberto Patarca | last2 = Richardson | first2 = John | date = 2001-06-26|publisher=CRC Press|isbn=9780789011282|language=en}}</ref> and the book that followed, [[The Clinical and Scientific Basis of Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome]], edited by [[Byron Hyde]], was dedicated to Dr. Richardson.<ref>{{Cite journal | last = Dewar | first = H A | date = 2002-09-28 | title = John Richardson | url =https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1124231/|journal=BMJ : British Medical Journal|volume=325|issue=7366 | pages = 716|issn=0959-8138|pmc=1124231}}</ref> Dr Richardson organized the first World Symposium on M.E. at Cambridge University in 1991 in collaboration with Dr. [[Byron Hyde]] and the Newcastle Research Group in the UK.<ref>{{Cite web | url = https://www.nightingale.ca/our-founder | title = Our Founder {{!}} Nightingale Research Foundation | last = | first = | authorlink = | date = | website = nightingale.ca|language=en|archive-url=|archive-date=|url-status=|access-date=2019-03-23}}</ref> In 2001, Dr Richardson wrote a book describing the relationship between exposure to [[Enterovirus|enteroviruses]] or toxins such as organophosphates and onset of [[myalgic encephalomyelitis]] and other organ pathologies.<ref name=":1" /> Richardson's research was involved in demonstrating an association between ME, enterovirus infection, and hypothalamic dysfunction,<ref name=":2">{{Cite journal | last = Richardson | first = John | authorlink = | date = Jan 1995 | title = Disturbance of Hypothalamic Function and Evidence for Persistent Enteroviral Infection in Patients with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome | url = http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1300/J092v01n02_05|journal=Journal of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome|language=en|volume=1|issue=2 | pages = 59β66|doi=10.1300/J092v01n02_05|issn=1057-3321|pmc=|pmid=|access-date=|quote=|via=}}</ref> [[brainstem]] hypoperfusion,<ref name=":3">{{Cite journal | last = Richardson | first = John | authorlink = John Richardson | last2 = Costaa | first2 = Durval Campos | authorlink2 = | date = Jan 1998 | title = Relationship Between SPECT Scans and Buspirone Tests in Patients with ME/CFS | url = http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1300/J092v04n03_04|journal=Journal of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome|language=en|volume=4|issue=3 | pages = 23β38|doi=10.1300/J092v04n03_04|issn=1057-3321|pmc=|pmid=|access-date=|quote=|via=}}</ref> and [[brain]] pathology at autopsy.<ref name=":4">{{Cite journal | last = Richardson | first = J. | authorlink = John Richardson | date = Jan 2001 | title = Viral Isolation from Brain in Myalgic Encephalomyelitis | url = http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1300/J092v09n03_03|journal=Journal of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome|language=en|volume=9|issue=3-4|pages=15β19|doi=10.1300/J092v09n03_03|issn=1057-3321|pmc=|pmid=|access-date=|quote=|via=}}</ref> Just prior to his death in 2002, he produced a physician's guide<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal | last = Richardson | first = John | authorlink = John Richardson | date = 2002 | title = Myalgic Encephalomyelitis: Guidelines for Doctors | url = http://me-ireland.com/richardson.pdf | journal=Journal of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome|volume=10|issue=1 | pages = 65-80|doi=10.1300/J092v10n01_06|quote=|via=}}</ref> on diagnosing and treating ME patients. ==Notable studies== *1995, Disturbance of Hypothalamic Function and Evidence for Persistent Enteroviral Infection in Patients with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome<ref name=":2" /> - [https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1300/J092v01n02_05 (Abstract)] *1998, Relationship Between [[SPECT]] Scans and Buspirone Tests in Patients with ME/CFS<ref name=":3" /> - [https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1300/J092v04n03_04 (Abstract)] *2000, Four Cases of Pesticide Poisoning, Presenting as βME,β Treated with a [[Choline]] and [[Ascorbic Acid]] Mixture<ref>{{Cite journal | last = Richardson | first = John | authorlink = John Richardson | date = Jan 2000 | title = Four Cases of Pesticide Poisoning, Presenting as βME,β Treated with a Choline and Ascorbic Acid Mixture | url = http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1300/J092v06n02_03|journal=Journal of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome|language=en|volume=6|issue=2|pages=11β21|doi=10.1300/J092v06n02_03|issn=1057-3321|pmc=|pmid=|access-date=|quote=|via=}}</ref> - [http://dx.doi.org/10.1300/J092v06n02_03 (Abstract)] *2001, Viral Isolation from Brain in Myalgic Encephalomyelitis - Case Report<ref name=":4" /> - [http://dx.doi.org/10.1300/J092v09n03_03 (Abstract)] *2002, Toxins and Immunity in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome<ref>{{Cite journal | last = Richardson | first = John | authorlink = John Richardson | date = Jan 2002 | title = Toxins and Immunity in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome | url = http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1300/J092v10n03_05|journal=Journal of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome|language=en|volume=10|issue=3-4 | pages = 43β50|doi=10.1300/J092v10n03_05|issn=1057-3321|pmc=|pmid=|access-date=|quote=|via=}}</ref> - [http://dx.doi.org/10.1300/J092v10n03_05 (Abstract)] *2002, Myalgic Encephalomyelitis: Guidelines for Doctors<ref name=":0" /> - [http://me-ireland.com/richardson.pdf (Full text)] ==Book== *[[Enteroviral and Toxin Mediated Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Other Organ Pathologies]]<ref name=":1" /> ==Obituary== *2002, John Richardson - Obituary in the [[The BMJ|BMJ]]<ref>{{Cite journal | last = Dewar | first = H A | date = 2002-09-28 | title = John Richardson | url =https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1124231/|journal=BMJ : British Medical Journal|volume=325|issue=7366 | pages = 716|issn=0959-8138|pmc=1124231}}</ref> - [https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1124231/ (Full text)] *2003, In Memoriam - John Richardson, Physician, 6th February 1915β18th July 2002<ref>{{Cite journal | last = Hyde | first = Byron M. | authorlink = Byron Hyde | date = Jan 2003 | title = In Memoriam: John Richardson, Physician, 6th February 1915β18th July 2002 | url = http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1300/J092v11n02_10|journal=Journal of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome|language=en|volume=11|issue=2|pages=129β132|doi=10.1300/J092v11n02_10|issn=1057-3321|pmc=|pmid=|access-date=|quote=|via=}}</ref> ==See also== *[[Irving Spurr]] *[[Pesticide exposure link to ME/CFS]] ==Learn more== *2014, [http://cfstreatment.blogspot.com/2014/08/mecfs-diagnosis-john-richardson.html "ME/CFS - Dr. John Richardson and the Enterovirus Connection" by] [[Erica Verrillo]] at [[Onward Through the Fog]] ==References== {{reflist}} [[Category:Clinicians]] [[Category:British clinicians]] [[Category:Researchers]] [[Category:UK researchers]] [[Category:Authors]]
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