“還有關於John Richardson的人品。如果他就是一個唯利是圖的人，他的朋友（我忘了名字了）怎麽會願意站出來為他說話？要知道他已經鋃鐺入獄，麵對的是國家機器和強大的正規醫療部門。如果你我是他的朋友，會在什麽情況下願意站出來為他說話？那個人的老婆曾經是John診所的護士，在John去世很多年她仍然站出來證明苦杏仁有效，為什麽？”
Richardson原來是一個全科醫生，1954年開始開業，並不算很成功，因為1972年他的稅前收入$10400（相當於$58,757 in 2014）。在1971年與苦杏仁素的發明人小克利博商量後，他決定成為一個癌症專科醫生。然後在1974年，僅兩年以後，通過每個病人一個療程收$2000 （相當於$9,615.38 in 2014）, 他的純收入$172,981（相當於$831,639 in 2014）。折合成2014年的價格，他的收入在兩年內增加了14倍。
我不認為Richardson一開始就是個維利是圖的人。請想一想徐才厚們一開始就是壞人嗎？但是當他看到這麽多錢以後，他還能不能看到苦杏仁素不能治癌症的事實，我就深表懷疑了。我希望他在去世之前認真地審視他所做的一切，思考因為他的牟利，耽誤了多少癌症患者，能夠懺悔。
那位為他作證的人，如果他老婆是Richardson診所的護士，那麽他們就是利益相關者，其證詞又有多少可信度呢？
我的確相信多數介紹苦杏仁療法的人和網友並沒有任何利益關係，他們僅僅是不能識破這些騙術而已。
我翻譯的文章是發表在專業期刊，讀者是醫生。他最後問了這樣兩個問題：
“下一代的抗癌騙術的鼓動者能夠從苦杏仁素運動中學習到足夠的經驗並加以改善嗎？ 或者，我們的醫療人員能從中得到足夠的教訓來迅速有效地揭穿下一個騙術嗎？"
我覺得如果他寫給一般公眾，他也許還會問這樣一個問題：
“我們一般的患者和公眾是不是能從苦杏仁素現象中得到足夠的免疫力來理性應對下一個騙術呢？是不是因為你們的內心是一片晴空，天空就不時時飄過來烏雲了呢？”
數據來源：
http://www.quackwatch.org/01QuackeryRelatedTopics/Cancer/laetrile.html
The First "Metabolic" Doctor
John Richardson was a general practitioner who began practice in the San Francisco Bay area in 1954. In 1971, after discussions with Krebs, Jr., he decided to become a cancer specialist. He had not encountered overwhelming success as a general practitioner. His 1972 income tax return revealed that he had grossed $88,000 in his medical practice, leaving a net of only $10,400 taxable income.
Richardson's practice boomed as a result of his newly found status as a cancer "expert." He states that "Our office soon was filled with faces we had never seen before—hopeful faces of men and women who had been abandoned by orthodox medicine as hopeless or "terminal" cases." In 1974, he reported that his medical practice had grossed $783,000, with a net income of $172,981. By charging patients $2,000 for a course of Laetrile, Richardson managed to increase his net income 17-fold in just two years. According to his income tax returns, Richardson grossed $2.8 million dollars from his Laetrile practice between January 1973 and March 1976. The actual amount of money he received may have even been higher. In Laetrile Case Histories, he claimed to have treated 4,000 patients, with an average charge of $2,500 per patient. Culbert states that by 1976 Richardson had treated 6,000 patients. If these figures are correct, Richardson would have grossed between $10 and $15 million dollars during this time.
Richardson's practice changed significantly after he began treating cancer patients with Laetrile. He also began treating what he termed "pre-clinical syndrome" patients with Laetrile. These were patients with no identifiable tumor or lesion who complained of feelings of "impending doom, malaise, unexplained or vague pains, headaches, bowel changes, loss of appetite, loss of energy, and depression." According to Richardson, cancer patients reported a reduction in pain, an improved appetite, return of strength, and an improved mental outlook. In addition, high blood pressure returned to normal.
In spite of these "dramatic improvements," Richardson admitted that most of his cancer patients died. In an attempt to overcome this, he increased the Laetrile dosage to nine grams, six days a week, and placed patients on a vegetarian diet and "massive" doses of regular vitamins. Richardson coined the phrase "metabolic therapy" to refer to this combination of diet manipulation, vitamins and Laetrile.
In June 1972, Richardson's office was raided and he was arrested for violating California's Cancer Law. He was convicted of this charge, but the conviction was overturned on a technicality and a new trial ordered. Two more trials followed which resulted in hung juries. Hearings before the California Board of Medical Quality Assurance in 1976 resulted in the revocation of his California medical license. He then worked at a Mexican cancer clinic. During the 1980s, he practiced under a homeopathic license in Nevada until he had open heart surgery and entered an irreversible coma.
The Political Explosion
Dr. Richardson's arrest triggered the formation of the Committee for Freedom of Choice in Cancer Therapy (now called the Committee for Freedom of Choice in Medicine). The group's founder and President was Robert Bradford, a former laboratory technician at Stanford University. Michael Culbert, who at the time of Richardson's arrest was an editor at the Berkeley Daily Gazette, became a major spokesman for the Committee, editing their newsletter, The Choice, and writing two books promoting Laetrile: Vitamin B-17: Forbidden Weapon Against Cancer (1974) and Freedom From Cancer (1976).
Culbert was assisted in editing The Choice by Maureen Salaman, wife of Committee vice-chairman Frank Salaman. The Committee's legislative advisor was Georgia Congressman Larry McDonald, a urologist who used Laetrile. CFCCT's activities were closely allied with the John Birch Society, to which Richardson, Bradford, Culbert, the Salamans and McDonald all belonged. Soon after its formation, CFCCT established local chapters throughout the United States and used bookshops associated with the John Birch Society to hold meetings and distribute literature.
In May 1976 Richardson was indicted, along with his office manager, Ralph Bowman, and fellow CFCCT members Robert Bradford and Frank Salaman, for conspiring to smuggle Laetrile. A year later all were convicted of the charges. Bradford was fined $40,000, Richardson $20,000, and Salaman and Bowman $10,000 each. During the trial it was disclosed that Bradford had paid $1.2 million dollars for 700 shipments of Laetrile and that Richardson had banked more than $2.5 million during a 27-month period.
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