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Richard Asher

British endocrinologist and haematologist (1912-1969)

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Lived 1912–1969, aged 57United Kingdom
United KingdomUnited KingdomDoctorsDoctor
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    1912–1969
    Aged 57
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Updated 2026-06-30

Richard Alan John Asher was a British endocrinologist and haematologist. As the senior physician responsible for the mental observation ward at the Central Middlesex Hospital he described and named Munchausen syndrome in a 1951 article in The Lancet.

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