To the Editor:—On the afternoon of Oct 7, 1964, a robust 50-year-old white male was brought by ambulance to the emergency room complaining of sharp right anterior chest pain preceded by cough and bloody sputum, followed later by constricting substernal chest …

2023年3月3日 · He was, he said, Leo Lamphere, 47, of Watertown, N.Y. The sympathetic sergeant called a doctor who saw what looked like clots in the veins on both ‘Lamphere’s legs, ordered him to Culver Union...

ABSTRACT To the Editor:— Leo Lamphere continues to wander from hospital to hospital in this country as noted by Dr. Trimble in Critique and Cavil (JAMA187:275 [Jan 25] 1964). I saw him last about a year ago, when he showed up at Mercy Hospital in Dubuque, Iowa.

Abstract To the Editor:— We should like to offer some information which may serve as a warning against a patient whom we recently had on our medical wards, named Leo Lamphere. The patient is a merchant seaman and former professional wrestler whom we believe to be a professional "hospital bum," psychopath, and possible Demerol addict.

Thought you'd like to know that professional patient Leo Lamphere is alive and still seeking tender, loving care. His current tour brought him to Edson (midway between Edmonton and Jasper) on May...

To the Editor:—Leo Lamphere continues to wander from hospital to hospital in this country as noted by Dr. Trimble in Critique and Cavil (JAMA187:275 [Jan 25] 1964). I saw him last about a year ago, when he showed up at Mercy Hospital in Dubuque, Iowa.

To the Editor:— Leo Lamphere, so well described by Dr. John S. Chapman in an earlier issue of the Journal, appeared at the emergency room of The New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center on May 16, 1963, alleging that he had been working as a carpenter in White Falls, N.Y., when a large piece of lumber fell on his legs.

1972年11月3日 · Leo Lamphere, ein 50jähriger Amerikaner, leidet seit 23 Jahren an einer merkwürdige! Krankheit: dem sogenannten "Münchhausen-Syndrom".

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At the top is the patient's name: Leo Lamphere. The much-traveled Leo gave his address as the YMCA in Kansas City, Mo. The reader writes: "Kilroy was here! "That is, Leo was. I discovered...