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Stacey, Michelle.

The fasting girl : a true Victorian medical mystery / - New York : Jeremy P. Tarcher/Putnam, c2002. - 336 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [329]-334).

Preface: the hunger artist -- The accident -- La Grande Hyst�erie -- "Dead and yet alive!" -- Dr. Hammond's war -- The nervous American -- Feeding on air -- Pure hunger -- From soul to mind -- "A mystery to this day" -- Hysteria's echo -- The end of the enigma.

ISBN: 1585421359 (alk. paper) 9781585421350 (alk. paper)

LCCN: 2001052734

Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: 101143978 DNLM

Subjects--Personal Names:
Fancher, Mary J., b. 1848.
Fancher, Mary J., b. 1848.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Eating disorders--Patients--Biography.
Compulsive behavior--Case studies.
Women--Mental health.
Anxiety in women.
Anorexia Nervosa--Biography.
Hysteria--Biography.
Mysticism--Biography.

LC Class. No.: RC552.E18 / S725 2002

Dewey Class. No.: 362.27

National Library of Medicine Call No.: 2002 F-745 WM 175 / S775f 2002