Elsevier

The Lancet

Volume 257, Issue 6650, 10 February 1951, Pages 339-341
The Lancet

Special Articles
MUNCHAUSEN'S SYNDROME

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  • R.E. Raspe

    Singular Travels, Campaigns and Adventures of Baron Munchausen

    (1785)

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