▁attention ▁or ▁sympathy . ▁ ▁The ▁term ▁" M unch aus en ▁synd rome ▁by ▁proxy " ▁was ▁first ▁co ined ▁by ▁John ▁M oney ▁and ▁June ▁Fa ith ▁Wer l was ▁in ▁a ▁ 1 9 7 6 ▁paper ▁titled ▁Fol ie ▁à ▁deux ▁in ▁the ▁parents ▁of ▁psych oso cial ▁d war fs : ▁Two ▁cases ▁to ▁describe ▁the ▁ab use - indu ced ▁and ▁neglect - indu ced ▁sympt oms ▁of ▁the ▁synd rome ▁of ▁ab use ▁d war f ism . ▁That ▁same ▁year , ▁S need ▁and ▁Bell ▁wrote ▁an ▁article ▁titled ▁The ▁D au ph in ▁of ▁M unch aus en : ▁fact it ious ▁passage ▁of ▁ren al ▁stones ▁in ▁a ▁child . ▁ ▁According ▁to ▁other ▁sources , ▁the ▁term ▁was ▁created ▁by ▁the ▁British ▁ped iat ric ian ▁Roy ▁M ead ow ▁in ▁ 1 9 7 7 . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 9 7 7 , ▁Roy ▁M ead ow   – ▁then ▁professor ▁of ▁ped iat rics ▁at ▁the ▁University ▁of ▁Le eds , ▁England   – ▁described ▁the ▁extraordinary ▁behavior ▁of ▁two ▁moth ers . ▁According ▁to ▁M ead ow , ▁one ▁had ▁poison ed ▁her ▁to dd ler ▁with ▁excess ive ▁quantities ▁of ▁salt . ▁The ▁other ▁had ▁introduced ▁her ▁own ▁blood ▁into ▁her ▁baby ' s ▁ur ine ▁sample . ▁This ▁second ▁case ▁occurred ▁during ▁a ▁series ▁of ▁Out pat ient ▁vis its ▁to ▁the ▁Pa ed iat ric ▁C lin ic ▁of ▁Dr . ▁Bill ▁Ar row sm