You really have to wonder about these physicians. Patients complain about lesions and fibers. A routine exam would should that they have lesions and fibers. Why would you accuse them of being mentally ill?
It's not as if they didn't have easily definable symptoms. It's not just, "Doctor, I have this mysterious pain, I don't quite know where it is."
Well, you've gotta remember that it's the complaining patients who are saying this. Not only that, but these folks are from the Bay Area, which seems to have a much greater capacity for hyperbole than anywhere on Earth.
Their versions, and what the doctors actually said, are probably worlds apart.
Have you been to San Francisco or the Bay Area since the 1960s, LOL?
I'm sorry for being so stupid, but when they say "fibers" what do they mean?