摘要：A hundred years ago, the British physician sir John Collie was one of the few authors who wrote technical papers about the phenomenon of malingering. A recurrent theme in his publications was that “excessive illness claims” are closely related to insurance and workers compensation acts and are typical for the working classes, especially the women and the neurotics among them (Collie, 1913). Collie’s ideas were heavily inspired by his work as a medical examiner for the London County Council and other bodies. The fact that he published about malingering did not contribute in a positive way to his reputation. On the contrary, in the obituary that appeared in the British Medical Journal some weeks after Collie’s death (1935), the anonymous author deemed it necessary to remark that “in popular estimation he was quite wrongly regarded as a hard-hearted official devoid of all human sympathies” (Anonymous, 1935; p. 807).
