John Richardson

John Richardson, MB, BS, (1915-2002) was a British family practice physician who spent many years caring for and researching 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. 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.

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.

In 2001, Dr Richardson wrote a book describing the relationship between exposure to enteroviruses or toxins such as organophosphates and onset of myalgic encephalomyelitis and other organ pathologies.

Richardson's research was involved in demonstrating an association between ME, enterovirus infection, and hypothalamic dysfunction, brainstem hypoperfusion, and brain pathology at autopsy.

Just prior to his death in 2002, he produced a physician's guide 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 - (Abstract)
 * 1998, Relationship Between SPECT Scans and Buspirone Tests in Patients with ME/CFS - (Abstract)
 * 2000, Four Cases of Pesticide Poisoning, Presenting as “ME,” Treated with a Choline and Ascorbic Acid Mixture - (Abstract)
 * 2001, Viral Isolation from Brain in Myalgic Encephalomyelitis - Case Report - (Abstract)
 * 2002, Toxins and Immunity in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome - (Abstract)
 * 2002, Myalgic Encephalomyelitis: Guidelines for Doctors - (Full text)

Book

 * Enteroviral and Toxin Mediated Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Other Organ Pathologies

Obituary

 * 2002, John Richardson - Obituary in the BMJ - (Full text)
 * 2003, In Memoriam - John Richardson, Physician, 6th February 1915–18th July 2002

Learn more

 * 2014, "ME/CFS - Dr. John Richardson and the Enterovirus Connection" by Erica Verrillo at Onward Through the Fog