Munchausen Syndrome: Can imaginary illnesses become real?

These texts are to be based on verified facts and must be respectful towards people, even though their actions may be criticized. In this way, he scattered stories and plays along a path that would eventually travel around the world. He uses his medical colleagues to reinforce his lie, claiming that “nine-tenths of women” suffer from this condition. In this way, an imaginary illness becomes a medical term that passes as real. Baron Munchausen would become a literary myth thanks to the German scientist Rudolf Erich Raspe (1737-1794), who wrote the first version of his adventures.