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...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...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: From His Own Backyard | 4/26/1954 | See Source »

...evidence that Gregomycin had any effect against bacteria or viruses, or any value (such as several drugs have) against some animal cancers or leukemia...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: From His Own Backyard | 4/26/1954 | See Source »

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

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: From His Own Backyard | 4/26/1954 | See Source »

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