John Richardson

John Richardson, MB BS, (1915-2002) was a British clinician who spent many years caring for and researching ME patients. He wrote a book describing the relationship between exposure to enteroviruses or toxins such as organophosphates and onset of myalgic encephalomyelitis and other organ pathologies.

He was involved in research demonstrating an association between ME, enterovirus infection, and hypothalamic dysfunction, brainstem hypoperfusion , and brain pathology at autopsy. He also produced a document containing guidelines for physicians 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

Book

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

Obituary

 * 2002, Obituary in the BMJ