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Re: Medical Etymology
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alan shirley <[log in to unmask]>
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Wed, 7 Feb 2001 22:52:51 +0000
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my real question was where/when/why/by whom >(some or all) this name got attached to the syndrome -- I.e. I'm >after the original justification and explanation for doing so >(or a good approximation to it). > >With thanks, >Ted. It was Richard Asher a physcicsn and writer in a paper in the Lancet in 1951 I remember reading it in a book called Talking Sense by him several other good essays I seem to remember ?out of print? see http://muse.jhu.edu/demo/literature_and_medicine/14.2amirault.html http://www.acponline.org/cgi-bin/medquotes.pl?subject=Munchausen%20syndrome http://psychstudy.brookscole.com/instructor/common/hottopics/00-10/munchausen.ht ml Alan Dr Alan Shirley Bluebell Medical Centre 356 Bluebell Road Sheffield S5 6BS 0114 2421406 [log in to unmask]
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