Word: recurring
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Dates: during 1950-1950
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Since all such patients firmly believe themselves pregnant, it does no good simply to tell them that they are not, said Dr. Fried and his colleagues. A woman with pseudocyesis will go shopping for another doctor to confirm her pregnancy, or her symptoms will soon recur. A careful explanation with a little psychiatric treatment does the trick, said the doctors. Four of their patients, infertile for two to seven years, later became really pregnant...
...trial, the prison doctor explained that Howlett was suffering from hysterical blindness which ended when he was set free. The defense said it might well recur if he were put behind bars again. The judge was not impressed. Last week Howlett was in prison again, this time for six: months, and still seeing clearly...