{"id":1224,"date":"2012-04-15T13:16:52","date_gmt":"2012-04-15T13:16:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/?page_id=1224"},"modified":"2015-03-09T11:54:18","modified_gmt":"2015-03-09T11:54:18","slug":"1224-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/1224-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Dr Betty Dowsett"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/DOWCL2.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-1269 lazyload\" title=\"DOW&amp;CL~2\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/DOWCL2.jpg?resize=224%2C332\" alt=\"\" width=\"224\" height=\"332\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/DOWCL2.jpg?w=224&amp;ssl=1 224w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/DOWCL2.jpg?resize=202%2C300&amp;ssl=1 202w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 224px) 100vw, 224px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 224px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 224\/332;\" \/><\/a>Dr Betty Dowsett MB ChB DipBact\u00a0 1920-2012<\/h1>\n<p>Dr Betty Dowsett was born in Newport Gwent and studied medicine at Edinburgh University. She worked as a GP in London, then after further studies became a consultant microbiologist. She built up an expertise in ME seeing thousands of people with ME from the 1960s onwards, working with Dr John Richardson and Dr. Melvin Ramsey. She was instrumental in setting up the National ME clinic in Essex with Prof Leslie Findley. She continued to lecture and advise patients and professionals about ME following her retirement. In 2001 Dr Dowsett was the key speaker at the launch of WAMES in the National Assembly and continued as our adviser.<\/p>\n<h3><strong><span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: medium;\">Bibliography<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"The AHA Factor\" href=\"http:\/\/www.investinme.org\/Article-035%20Betty%20Dowsett.htm\" target=\"_blank\">The AHA Factor and the THREE HOLY GRAILS<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Brain problems in ME\/CFS\" href=\"http:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Dowsett-Brain-Problems-in-ME.pdf\">Brain problems in ME\/CFS<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Britain and the US fail to agree...\" href=\"http:\/\/www.youngactiononline.com\/docs\/batufta.htm\" target=\"_blank\">Britain and the US fail to agree Guidelines on ME\/CFS for Physicians<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Diet is it such a big deal?\" href=\"http:\/\/www.youngactiononline.com\/docs\/dietme.htm\" target=\"_blank\">Diet, is it such a big deal?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Does ME cluster in schools?\" href=\"http:\/\/www.youngactiononline.com\/docs\/doesme.htm\" target=\"_blank\">Does ME cluster in schools?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"The enigma and paradox of ME\" href=\"http:\/\/www.youngactiononline.com\/docs\/enigma.htm\" target=\"_blank\">The Enigma and the Paradox of ME A comprehensive patient&#8217;s information sheet<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Human enteroviral infections\" href=\"http:\/\/www.journalofhospitalinfection.com\/article\/0195-6701%2888%2990051-5\/abstractref \" target=\"_blank\">Human Enteroviral Infections<\/a>\u00a0 <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">in<\/span> J of Hospital Infections 1988: Volume 11.103-15.<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Icelandic disease\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pmc\/articles\/PMC1607215\/\" target=\"_blank\">Icelandic disease (benign myalgic encephalomyelitis or Royal Free disease)<\/a> <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">in<\/span> BMJ 1977 May 21; 1(6072): 1350<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"The late effects of ME\" href=\"http:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Dowsett-THE-LATE-EFFECTS-OF-ME.pdf\">The late effects of ME: Can they be distinguished from the Post-polio syndrome?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Long term sickness...\" href=\"http:\/\/www.youngactiononline.com\/docs\/meuksch.htm\" target=\"_blank\">Long Term Sickness Absence due to ME\/CFS in UK Schools: An Epidemiological Study With Medical and Educational Implications\u00a0<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Myalgic encephalomyelitis - a persistent infectioon\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pmc\/articles\/PMC2429637\/\" target=\"_blank\">Myalgic encephalomyelitis\u2014a persistent enteroviral infection?<\/a> Postgrad Med J. 1990 July; 66(777): 526\u2013530. The full article is reprinted <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">in<\/span> The Clinical and Scientific Basis of Myalgic Encephalomyelitis \/ Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, edited by Dr Byron Hyde.<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Redefinitions of ME\" href=\"http:\/\/www.wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Dowsett-Redefinitions-of-ME.pdf\">Redefinitions Of ME\/CFS \u2013 A 20th Century Phenomenon<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Rehabilitation in ME\/CFS\" href=\"http:\/\/www.youngactiononline.com\/docs\/rehabme.htm\" target=\"_blank\">Rehabilitation in ME<\/a><\/li>\n<li>A Rose By Any Other Name<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"So you have been diagnosed\" href=\"http:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Dowsett-So-you-have-been-diagnosed.pdf\">So, you have been diagnosed as suffering from M.E.! Advice to New Patients<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"There's no smoke\" href=\"http:\/\/www.tymestrust.org\/pdfs\/nosmoke.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">There&#8217;s no smoke without fire! some comments on the tendency to relapse in ME.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Thyroid function in ME\" href=\"http:\/\/www.shropshiremegroup.org.uk\/thyroid-function-in-people-with-me.php\" target=\"_blank\">Thyroid function in ME\u00a0<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Time to put the exercise cure to rest\" href=\"http:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Dowsett-TIME-TO-PUT-THE-EXERCISE-CURE-TO-REST.pdf\">Time to put the exercise cure to rest<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Virus, what virus?\" href=\"http:\/\/www.youngactiononline.com\/docs\/virus.htm\" target=\"_blank\">Virus, what virus?\u00a0<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"What is ME\/CFS?\" href=\"http:\/\/www.youngactiononline.com\/docs\/whatisme.htm  \" target=\"_blank\">What is ME\/CFS? (Myalgic Encephalomyelitis\/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome) A Short Introductory Leaflet<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Dr Margaret Wright examines Dr Betty Dowsett\u2019s research: <a title=\"Questions hold the key...\" href=\"http:\/\/www.me-cvs.nl\/index.php?pageid=2846&amp;printlink=true&amp;highlight=ebv\" target=\"_blank\">Questions hold the key to secret of post-viral fatigue cases <\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dr Betty Dowsett MB ChB DipBact\u00a0 1920-2012 Dr Betty Dowsett was born in Newport Gwent and studied medicine at Edinburgh University. She worked as a GP in London, then after further studies became a consultant microbiologist. 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