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Enjoyed this article on the BBC web site:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/7853564.stm
In particular:
A top doctor has admitted her part in hoodwinking a leading medical journal after inventing a medical condition called "cello scrotum".
Elaine Murphy - now Baroness Murphy - dreamt up the painful complaint in the 1970s, sending a report to the British Medical Journal.
She came clean when the hoax resurfaced in the 2008 Christmas edition. A BMJ spokesman said the inclusion and subsequent debunking of "cello scrotum" had "added to the gaiety of life".
Followed by:
The couple said that they had been "dining out" on the hoax for years, but decided to confess after seeing "cello scrotum" referenced in an article last month in the journal. A spokesman for the BMJ said that, 34 years on, no-one faced the sack for failing to spot the implausible condition.
Who says the the BMJ doesn't have a sense of humour....
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/7853564.stm
In particular:
A top doctor has admitted her part in hoodwinking a leading medical journal after inventing a medical condition called "cello scrotum".
Elaine Murphy - now Baroness Murphy - dreamt up the painful complaint in the 1970s, sending a report to the British Medical Journal.
She came clean when the hoax resurfaced in the 2008 Christmas edition. A BMJ spokesman said the inclusion and subsequent debunking of "cello scrotum" had "added to the gaiety of life".
Followed by:
The couple said that they had been "dining out" on the hoax for years, but decided to confess after seeing "cello scrotum" referenced in an article last month in the journal. A spokesman for the BMJ said that, 34 years on, no-one faced the sack for failing to spot the implausible condition.
Who says the the BMJ doesn't have a sense of humour....
