▁a ▁British ▁nur se ▁who ▁murder ed ▁four ▁children ▁and ▁injured ▁a ▁further ▁nine ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 1 ▁at ▁Gran th am ▁and ▁K este ven ▁Hospital ,   Lin coln shire , ▁was ▁diagn osed ▁with ▁M unch aus en ▁synd rome ▁by ▁proxy . ▁ ▁W endi ▁Mich elle ▁Scott ▁is ▁a ▁Frederick , ▁Maryland , ▁mother ▁who ▁was ▁charged ▁with ▁sick ening ▁her ▁four - year - old ▁daughter . ▁ ▁The ▁book ▁S ick ened , ▁by ▁Jul ie ▁Gregory , ▁details ▁her ▁life ▁growing ▁up ▁with ▁a ▁mother ▁suffering ▁from ▁M unch aus en ▁by ▁proxy , ▁who ▁took ▁her ▁to ▁various ▁do ctors , ▁co ached ▁her ▁to ▁act ▁s icker ▁than ▁she ▁was ▁and ▁to ▁ex agger ate ▁her ▁sympt oms , ▁and ▁who ▁demanded ▁increasing ly ▁invas ive ▁procedures ▁to ▁diagn ose ▁Gregory ' s ▁enfor ced ▁imag inary ▁ill ness es . ▁ ▁Lisa ▁Hay den - John son ▁of ▁Dev on ▁was ▁ja iled ▁for ▁three ▁years ▁and ▁three ▁months ▁after ▁subject ing ▁her ▁son ▁to ▁a ▁total ▁of ▁ 3 2 5 ▁medical ▁actions ▁– ▁including ▁being ▁conf ined ▁to ▁a ▁wheel ch air ▁and ▁being ▁fed ▁through ▁a ▁t ube ▁in ▁his ▁st om ach . ▁She ▁claimed ▁her ▁son ▁had ▁a ▁long ▁list ▁of ▁ill ness es ▁including ▁di ab etes , ▁food ▁all erg ies , ▁c ere br al ▁p als y , ▁and ▁c yst ic ▁fib ros is , ▁describing ▁him ▁as ▁" the