‘A most peculiar form of disease’: The creation of anorexia nervosa in late nineteenth-century Britain
<p>Anorexia nervosa appeared as a newly named disorder in the 1870s in Britain, leading historians and other scholars to pinpoint this as the origin point of a medicalised understanding of female food refusal. An abiding interest in locating the historical roots of this contemporary disorder h...
Autor Principal: | Sookdeosingh, RV |
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Outros autores: | Mahone, S |
Formato: | Thesis |
Idioma: | English |
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2019
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