From His Own Backyard

There is no evidence that typical human cancers have anything to do with a virus. And if there were, treatment with antibiotics would do no good because none has been found to have any effect on true viruses. These stubborn facts have not deterred Dr. John E. Gregory of Pasadena, Calif. To "prove" his thesis that human cancer is caused by a virus, he has put out a book with photographs purporting to show the virus particles under the electron microscope. He grosses $400,000 a year by treating up to 300 patients a day with "Gregomycin," which he calls an antibiotic developed from soil scooped up in the backyard of his San Marino estate. And he claims many cures.

Last week the California Medical Association's Cancer Commission loosed a blast at Dr. Gregory, 50, a 1933 graduate of California's College of Medical Evangelists. In its detailed published report, the commission said it had found:

P:No proof that Gregory's micrographs actually showed a virus, let alone one which might be a cause of cancer.

P:No evidence that Gregomycin had any effect against bacteria or viruses, or any value (such as several drugs have) against some animal cancers or leukemia.

P:No sign that Gregory's concoction has done cancer patients any more good than plain water--though the commission found 82 death certificates signed by Gregory and his assistants listing cancer as the cause of death.

Dr. Gregory's answer: "I will turn the other cheek and continue my work." And, he added, he now has something "even better" than Gregomycin.

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