Documents on historical aspects and classic papers on ME
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- The Clinical Syndrome Variously Called Benign Myalgic Encephalomyelitis, Iceland Disease and Epidemic Neuromyasthenia. Acheson ED. American Journal of Medicine 1959; 26: 569–95. Reprinted from the American Journal of Medicine, with permission from Excerpta Medica.
- ME – ME/CFS – CFS History. An article by Lajla Mark on historical definitional aspects. “Because of the worldwide confusion about ME and CFS amongst physicians and health authorities — and patients for that matter — it is of vital significance to clarify and emphasise the difference between these two.”
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- Pride or Prejudice? An analysis of the conflict surrounding ME. This essay was written for a competition organised by the Lancet.
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- Research descriptions of ME. A list from the historical literature.
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- Benign myalgic encephalomyelitis. Galpine JF. British Journal of Clinical Practitioners 1958; 12: 186–9. Published by Blackwell Publishing. Reproduced with permission.
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- A new clinical entity? Anonymous. Lancet 1956; 1: 789–91. Reprinted from The Lancet with permission from Elsevier.
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- Epidemic Neuromyasthenia-clinical syndrome? Henderson DA and Shelokov A. N Engl J Med 1959; 260: 757–64.
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- Epidemic neuromyasthenia: a reappraisal. Parish JG. IRCS International Research Comunications, Medical Science 1974; 2: 22–6.
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- Myalgic Encephalomyelitis: A Baffling Syndrome With a Tragic Aftermath. By A Melvin Ramsay MD, Hon. Consultant Physician, Infectious Diseases Dept, Royal Free Hospital.
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- Research Publications on ME epidemics. A database containing the references of over 200 research publications, including letters, relating to 47 epidemics of ME (appearing under various names) from 1934 to 1980. Collected by Dr J Gordon Parish over many years in order to characterise the illness and raise awareness of its epidemic nature. Please contact ME Research UK for advice on obtaining copies of any unavailable articles.
- Enteroviral myalgic encephalomyelitis — EvME [ME/CFS]. A treatise on EvME by Dr Irving Spurr.
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