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  1. Pyrrhus

    ME/CFS: Organic Disease or Psychosomatic Illness? A Re-Examination of the Royal Free Epidemic of 1955 (Underhill and Baillod, 2020)

    A re-examination of the Royal Free Hospital outbreak of ME in 1955, by Rosemary Underhill and Rosemarie Baillod. Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: Organic Disease or Psychosomatic Illness? A Re-Examination of the Royal Free Epidemic of 1955...