A shocking story, found in the court house records of a county in

Arizona, and evidence of a frighteningly sick person at work.

Men's HOTLINE : 512-472-3237 : men@menhotline.org ------- A crisis line for men ------- 807 Brazos, Suite 315 : Austin, Texas 78701 A service of the Men's Health Network : Washington, D.C. On Tue, 9 Apr 1996, Robert A. Hirschfeld wrote:

The closest I came to a Munchhausen-by-proxy in my former law practice was a

father in Tucson, whose ex-wife squirted “ointment” containing semen

(probably gathered from a used condom) into their 5-year-old son’s rectum, and

demanded the hospital take “rape kit” swabs, to falsely accuse the father

of molestation. Ultimately, the father got sole custody and the mentally ill

mother got supervised visitation. (1992)

Our expert witness on Munchhausen was Phoenix Psychiatrist Otto Bendheim.

Date: Tue, 9 Apr 1996 10:54:01 -0500 (CDT) From: "Men's HOTLINE" <men@menhotline.org> Subject: Munchausen's Syndrome -Reply To: "Men's HOTLINE" <men@menhotline.org> A cogent analysis of a perplexing abuse problem. Men's HOTLINE : 512-472-3237 : men@menhotline.org ------- A crisis line for men ------- 807 Brazos, Suite 315 : Austin, Texas 78701 A service of the Men's Health Network : Washington, D.C. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Tue, 9 Apr 1996 11:24:11 -0400 (EDT) From: Men's Health Network <mensnet@capaccess.org> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Tue, 9 Apr 1996 09:42:24 +1000 From: Michael Ryan To: Multiple recipients of list ABUSE-L; <abuse-l@ubvm.cc.buffalo.edu> Subject: Munchausen's Syndrome -Reply </abuse-l@ubvm.cc.buffalo.edu></mensnet@capaccess.org></men@menhotline.org></men@menhotline.org>

Re Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy.

MSBP was described in the mid eighties by Professor Meadows an english

Pediatrician. He wrote about the situation where a parent, usually the

mother, fabricated illness in the child which resulted in extensive

invasive medical investigations which found no medical cause for the

condition.

For example a child would be presented with blood in its urine. A whole

series of invasive tests would be negative. When the child was separated

from the mother the sympotoms would not occur.

The mother presents the sick child in order to obtain attention to herself.

MSBP is a a serious form of child abuse, with a high mortality and high

morbidity.

Dr. Michael Ryan

The new Children’s Hospital

Sydney Australia

Courtesy Men’s HOTLINE.