Richard Asher | |
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Born | Richard Alan John Asher 3 April 1912 Brighton, Sussex, England[1] |
Died | 25 April 1969 | (aged 57)
Occupation | Physician |
Spouse | |
Children | 3, including Peter and Jane |
Richard Alan John Asher FRCP (3 April 1912 – 25 April 1969) was an eminent British endocrinologist and haematologist.[3] As the senior physician responsible for the mental observation ward at the Central Middlesex Hospital[4] he described and named Munchausen syndrome in a 1951 article in The Lancet.[5]
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