...underlines an important feature of all such epidemics.

The behaviour pattern chosen expresses the expectations of the group. In these communities the common anxiety engendered by fear of poliomyelitis resulted in epidemics of paralysis and muscular aches."

In these nurses' homes the requisite ingredients for susceptibility to such epidemics existed, namely living in a closed female institution against a background of anxiety. Most of these epidemics occurs during polio epidemics in the surrounding community, and the response...

In these epidemics an obscure viral aetiology is posited (Acheson 1959; Dakos et al. 1959; Medical Staff Report 1957) although it is clear that the hysterical reaction is a major, if not the only causative factor (McEvedy & Beard 1970, 1973).

...it is interesting to note that Western nursing schools have proved susceptible to similar problems.

However, among Western nurses, the interpretation has been different, partly because their doctors find a diagnosis of hysteria distasteful.

"...Outbreaks of such "behaviour consequent on an emotional state: excitement or...fear..." (Moss and McEvedy 1966) are a feature of female institutions, and numerous examples have been recorded...

...The epidemic recorded here occurred in a nursing school, so...

Thanks from Prof. dr. Vivienne Matthies-Boon @vmatthiesboon.bsky.social to @guusontheinternet.bsky.social and the organisers at @niethersteld.bsky.social

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