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A bear overturns a barrel and is stung by bees; representing Aesop's fable. Etching by C. Murer after himself, c. 1600-1614.

Oliver Twist, holding a bowl and a spoon, asks for more food, while other children and a woman look surprised. Etching by George Cruikshank.

Psychopharmacology and food / edited by Merton Sandler and Trevor Silverstone.

Feeding our old fashioned children : a background for modern mealtimes / by C. Anderson Aldrich ... and Mary M. Aldrich.

Longings of the pregnant, viewed in light from the East / by Alfred Ela.

Miraculous maids? : self-starvation and fasting girls / Walter Vandereycken and Ron van Deth.

An explanation of hunger / by W.B. Cannon and A.L. Washburn.

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Psychopharmacology and food / edited by Merton Sandler and Trevor Silverstone.

Feeding our old fashioned children : a background for modern mealtimes / by C. Anderson Aldrich ... and Mary M. Aldrich.

Longings of the pregnant, viewed in light from the East / by Alfred Ela.

Miraculous maids? : self-starvation and fasting girls / Walter Vandereycken and Ron van Deth.

An explanation of hunger / by W.B. Cannon and A.L. Washburn.