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World without cancer : the story of vitamin B17
Description
Responsibility
by G. Edward Griffin.
Publication
Thousand Oaks, Calif. : American Media, [1974]
Copyright notice
©1974
Creators/Contributors
Author/Creator
Griffin, G. Edward.
Contents/Summary
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
pt.
1. The science of cancer therapy.--pt.
2. The politics of cancer therapy.
Subjects
Subjects
Neoplasms > drug therapy.
Nitriles > therapeutic use.
Cancer > Chemotherapy.
Laetrile.
Genre
Popular Work.
Local subject
Books
Bibliographic information
Publication date
1974
Copyright date
1974
ISBN
0912986093 (pbk.)
World without cancer : the story of vitamin B17
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Griffin, G. E. (1997). World without cancer: the story of vitamin B17 (2nd ed.). American Media.
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Griffin, G. Edward. 1997. World Without Cancer: The Story of Vitamin B17. Westlake Village, CA: American Media.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition
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Griffin, G. Edward. World Without Cancer: The Story of Vitamin B17 Westlake Village, CA: American Media, 1997.
Harvard Citation
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Griffin, G. E. (1997). World without cancer: the story of vitamin b17. 2nd ed. Westlake Village, CA: American Media.
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Griffin, G. Edward. World Without Cancer: The Story of Vitamin B17 2nd ed., American Media, 1997.
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Hello, greetings, and salutations, fellow medico-historico aficionados, and welcome to the latest installment of , our semi-regular foray into weird and interesting chapters in medical history. This is part two in
Bad Medicine
, our ongoing subseries on dubious and fraudulent cancer cures. This series is a complement to , our new exhibit developed by students in the . Last time, we looked at , a miraculous substance derived from horse blood that, while not curing cancer, led to its purveyors getting charged with over forty counts of fraud and destroyed the reputation of one prominent university vice president.
This time around, we are going to keep the dubious medicine train rolling with a look at a "cure" you might have been sent by your conspiracy-minded relative on Facebook. Hang on tight, because we are taking a look at Vitamin B17.
Vitamin B17 treatment, also known as amygdalin or laetrile treatment, is based on a semi-synthetic compound called laetrile. Laetrile is derived from amygdalin, a compound found in the pits of several nuts and fruits although most commonly associated in this context with apricots.
Amygdalin treatments date back to the 1930s; however