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1. Neurologica Diabolica Dr Wallis Middlemore Medical Society Millbrook 2010

6. Neurologica Diabolica Is Part Of Which Syndrome? Who first described it?

11. Who was the mythical Munchausen? The Adventures of Baron Munchausen , one of the most famous books of tall tales, is attributed to Rudolf Erich Raspe, who in 1787 produced an affidavit supporting veracity of his tales, purportedly signed by Lemuel Gulliver, Sinbad the Sailor, Aladdin, and the Lord Mayor of London,

12. Munchausen’s Adventures

15. Classical Forms of Munchausen Laparotomaphilia migrans, distinguished by repeated abdominal symptoms and laparotomies; alleged to be the commonest type

16. Dermatitis autogenetica , characterized by self-inflicted skin lesions or rashes Tools of the trade

17. Hemorrhagica histrionica recurrent bleeding without explanation

18. Neurologica Diabolica Fake seizures, paralysis, blindness, and self-poisoning

20. Pseudologia phantastica type 2 Feigning psychiatric illness

28. Veterinary Munchausen “ Shouldn’t he be lying at the foot of the bed?” “ Here he is again. Poor Fido.”

29. Differential diagnosis (1) Authentic physical disorder (2) Malingering: conscious, volitional, situationally appropriate behaviour aimed toward clear secondary gain (3) Somatoform: (aka hysteria) nonorganic illness in which the signs and symptoms are non-volitionally simulated and secondary to unconscious drives and for which there is no apparent secondary gain