The Royal Society: fasting in the early 18th century – psychiatry in history

• Published in: British journal of psychiatry Vol. 214; no. 3; p. 132
• Main Author: Wilkinson, Greg
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge, UK Cambridge University Press 01.03.2019
• Subjects: 18th century; Anorexia; Childhood; Children; Curiosity; Dreams; Eating disorders; Extras; Fasting; Fear & phobias; God; Mothers; Neighborhoods; Psychiatry; Sadness; Sleep

[...]over 300 years later: ‘We don't know exactly what causes anorexia and other eating disorders’.2 Ile’ aſſure You my Curiosity never led me to viſit the Woman by Llangollen; but on my Journey paſsing by the door I made bold to call; and twas my Fortune to come in as ſhe was just expiring, ſo...