An account of the extraordinary abstinence of Ann Moor, of Tutbury, Staffordshire, England : who has for more than three years, lived entirely without food ; giving the particulars of her life to the present time, an account of the investigation instituted on the occasion, and observations on the letters of some medical men who attended it.

Date:
1811
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Credit: An account of the extraordinary abstinence of Ann Moor, of Tutbury, Staffordshire, England : who has for more than three years, lived entirely without food ; giving the particulars of her life to the present time, an account of the investigation instituted on the occasion, and observations on the letters of some medical men who attended it. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the National Library of Medicine (U.S.), through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the National Library of Medicine (U.S.)

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    k''s(ulpicions. Her rvillingnejs to fubmit to every thing that he propofed, and even confenting to be removed from . her own houje to another, which was procured fin order the mere efjeclually to carry on the invefligationj were circumftances much in her favour. So very flricl was he, that hcfujfercd no perfon of her acquaintance to come near her, and during the watch zuhich continued for fix- teen days and nights (of which Ifhall hereajter give an account] no perfon was allowed to attend, but fuch as dis- credited the ja& ; and by this means it was more in his power to convince the public of her innocence, which at that time very few even in the fame town would believe ; butfnce the invtfligation there isfcarcely one person in or near Tutbury, but is well a/Jured oj the truth of the woman's afjertion. This is not the fir ft inflance of the kind that has taken place within this lajl century the cir- fumjlances which may tend to convince many who at this time difbelieve the prefent cafe ; as prejudice is generatty' jtronger againft an unprecedented occurrence, than where jomething of ajimilar nature has before been heard of. Thus itflwws, how wonder Jul are the various fources cf nature 1 with what vnfdom has the Almighty planned man's mortal Jyflem!—It is beyond our comprehenjion to difcover precifely the means by which life has been main- tained info extraordinary a manner. There is vajl room for speculation on this point; but the more we fear ch into it, the moie we are lofl in amazement.