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== <span id="masshysteria">Mass hysteria</span> == The [[1955 Royal Free Hospital outbreak|Royal Free Hospital outbreak]] of [[epidemic myalgic encephalomyelitis]] in 1955 was attributed to "mass hysteria" by psychiatrists [[Colin McEvedy|McEvedy]] and [[William Beard|Beard]], who never examined any patients.<ref>{{Cite journal | last = Compston | first = Nigel Dean | authorlink = Nigel Compston | date = Nov 1, 1978 | title = An outbreak of encephalomyelitis in the Royal Free Hospital Group, London, in 1955 | url = https://pmj.bmj.com/content/54/637/722|journal=[[Postgraduate Medical Journal]]|language=en|volume=54|issue=637 | pages = 722β724|doi=10.1136/pgmj.54.637.722|issn=0032-5473|pmid=746018|quote=McEvedy and Beardβs conclusions (of mass hysteria) ignore the objective findings of the staff of the hospital of fever, lymphadenopathy, cranial nerve palsies and abnormal signs in the limbs...Objective evidence of brain stem and spinal cord involvement was observed.|via=[[BMJ]]}}</ref>
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