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Anorexia nervosa in seventeenth century England as viewed by physician, philosopher, and pedagogue an essay

✍ Scribed by Silverman, Joseph A.


Publisher
Wiley (John Wiley & Sons)
Year
1986
Tongue
English
Weight
369 KB
Volume
5
Category
Article
ISSN
0276-3478

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✦ Synopsis


In 1667, 22 years before Richard Morton's seminal descriptions, an 18 year old English girl named Martha Taylor developed anorexia nervosa. Within 15 months she had become so famous (and notorious), that 3