Vitamin B-17 Forbidden Weapon Against Cancer: The Fight for Laetrile

[by] Michael L. Culbert. Bibliography: P. 205-207. PREFACE 9 AcKNOWLEDGMENTS 15 I. An Apricot Pit on Trial 21 2. From Death's Door: The Laetrile Recoveries 35 3. The Battle of Unorthodoxy: Enter John Beard 47 4. "My God, It Works!" 59 5. Officialdom's Response: Crackdown on Laetrile 73 6. The Cyanide Hunters 84 7. That Astounding Vitamin: B11 91 8. From Manila to Palo Alto: Laetrile's Defenders 101 9. An Insider's Battle: Dean Burk at Work 108 I 0. Andrew McNaughton: Pioneer of the Human Spirit 117 II. Treating Cancer with a Food Factor 127 12. The Case Against Laetrile-And Hope for the Future 133 APPENDicEs: I. The Nitrilosides in Plants and Animals 145 II. The Unitarian or Trophoblastic Thesis of Cancer III. Nitrilosides ( Laetriles) BIBLIOGRAPHY INDEX