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Richard morton's account of “nervous consumption”
Author(s) -
Bhanji Sadrudin,
Newton V. B.
Publication year - 1985
Publication title -
international journal of eating disorders
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.785
H-Index - 138
eISSN - 1098-108X
pISSN - 0276-3478
DOI - 10.1002/1098-108x(198511)4:4<589::aid-eat2260040417>3.0.co;2-p
Subject(s) - consumption (sociology) , anorexia nervosa , psychoanalysis , psychology , cognitive science , philosophy , psychiatry , eating disorders , aesthetics
Key segments of Richard Morton's classic thesis on “nervous consumption” (Phthisiologia: Or a Treatise of Consumptions, 1694), the first well docu‐ mented account of anorexia nervosa, are described and transcribed.