An examination of the imposture of Ann Moore, called the fasting woman, of Tutbury : illustrated by remarks on other cases of real and pretended abstinence / by Alexander Henderson.

  • Alexander Henderson
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1813
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Credit: An examination of the imposture of Ann Moore, called the fasting woman, of Tutbury : illustrated by remarks on other cases of real and pretended abstinence / by Alexander Henderson. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    11 disengaged fi'om the lungs, • during the same period, at 12.23 ounces* * * §. If we allow, that these evacuations may be so far reduced by disease, as not to exceed thirty ounces in the whole, it is clear, that they would still be sufficient to con- sume the whole substance of Ann Moore, in a very few weeks, IV. The soundness of her intel- lectual, faculties proves, at least, that her condition differs from that of ..those fasters, whose history may be re- garded as authentic. In a case recorded by Tulpius-f-., delirium supervened on the twelfth day. The same occurrence, ac- companied by derangement of vision, took place in that related by Dr. Currie::]:, where the patient laboured under a com- plete stricture of the oesophagus. In the case of the hypochondriac, described by Dr. Willan§, much imbecility and con- * Memoires de I’Academie des Sciences, 1/89. t Obs. Med. I. 43. ^ J Medical Reports, vol. i. p. 304.