Royal Free disease

Royal Free Disease is a colloquial name for myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome, especially in the UK. It originated after the 1955 Royal Free Hospital outbreak.

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 * 1978, 'Epidemic neuromyasthenia' 1955-1978 (Melvin Ramsay, The BMJ)
 * 2021, Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: Organic Disease or Psychosomatic Illness? A Re-Examination of the Royal Free Epidemic of 1955