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[[File:Melvin ramsay.png|upright|right]] Doctor '''A. Melvin Ramsay''' was consultant physician in Infectious Diseases at the [[Royal Free Hospital]] in London, United Kingdom, where an [[Royal Free Hospital outbreak|outbreak]] of [[ME/CFS|myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS)]] occurred in 1955. He is considered the foremost expert on the [[Royal Free Hospital outbreak|outbreak]] and later examined similar [[List of myalgic encephalomyelitis and chronic fatigue syndrome outbreaks|outbreaks]] occurring in other cities and countries. In 1986, Dr. Ramsay published a case definition of the illness called the [[Ramsay definition]].<ref>[[Myalgic Encephalomyelitis and Postviral Fatigue States: The Saga of Royal Free Disease]]</ref> Throughout his life, he was committed to public and professional education about the illness and to dispelling misconceptions that the illness was of psychological origin. ==Books== *1986 - ''[[Myalgic Encephalomyelitis and Postviral Fatigue States: The Saga of Royal Free Disease]]'', (originally titled ''Postviral Fatigue Syndrome: The Saga of Royal Free Disease'' ==Journal publications== *1965, Correspondence - Hysteria and "Royal Free Disease" by Melvin Ramsay, in [[The BMJ]] [https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1847119/?page=1 (Full Text)] *1965, Correspondence - Eclipse of hysteria by Dr Betty Scott and Melvin Ramsay, in [[The BMJ]] {[https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1846496/?page=1 (Full Text)] *1970, Correspondence - Epidemic malaise by N. D. Compston, H. E. Dimsdale, Melvin Ramsay, and A. T. Richardson, in [[The BMJ]] [https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1699022/?page=1 (Full Text)] *1973, Benign myalgic encephalomyelitis<ref>Ramsay AM. Benign myalgic encephalomyelitis. Br J Psychiatry. 1973 May;122(570):618-9.</ref> [https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/4717041 (No abstract available)] *1977, Letter to the editor - Icelandic disease (benign myalgic encephalomyelitis or Royal Free disease) by Melvin Ramsay, [[Elizabeth Dowsett]], J V Dadswell, W H Lyle, and [[Gordon Parish|J G Parish]], in [[The BMJ]] [https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1607215/?page=1 (Full Text)] *1978, 'Epidemic neuromyasthenia' 1955-1978 [https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2425324/ (Full Text)] *1979, Clinical and biochemical findings in ten patients with benign myalgic encephalomyelitis<ref>Ramsay, A.M., & Rundle, A. (1979). Clinical and biochemical findings in ten patients with benign myalgic encephalomyelitis. Postgraduate Medical Journal, 55(650), 856β857.</ref> [https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2425703/ (Full Text)] *1990, Myalgic encephalomyelitis--a persistent enteroviral infection?<ref>Dowsett, E. G., Ramsay, A.M., McCartney, R. A., & Bell, E. J. (1990). Myalgic encephalomyelitis--a persistent enteroviral infection? Postgraduate Medical Journal, 66(777), 526β530.</ref> [https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2429637/ (Free Text)] ==ME Association== Dr. Ramsay helped create the [[ME Association]] in 1978.<ref>[https://meassociation.org.uk/research/ ME Association research. Accessed 28-10-2023]</ref> ==Online presence== *[http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=Ramsay%20M%5BAuthor%5D&cauthor=true&cauthor_uid=6913030 PubMed] ==Learn more== *[http://www.name-us.org/DefintionsPages/DefRamsay.htm Ramsay's Definition for M.E.], by National Alliance for Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (NAME) ==See also== *[[Royal Free Hospital outbreak]] *[[Royal Free Hospital]] *[[ME Association]] *[[Myalgic Encephalomyelitis and Postviral Fatigue States: The Saga of Royal Free Disease]] *[[Ramsay definition]] *[[Ramsay's Disease]] ==References== {{Reflist}} [[Category:Clinicians]] [[Category:British clinicians]] [[Category:Researchers]] [[Category:UK researchers]] [[Category:Authors]]
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