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The fasting girl : a true Victorian medical mystery /

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Jeremy P. Tarcher/Putnam, c2002.Description: 336 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 1585421359 (alk. paper)
  • 9781585421350 (alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 362.27 21
LOC classification:
  • RC552.E18 S725 2002
NLM classification:
  • 2002 F-745
  • WM 175
Online resources:
Contents:
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.

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.

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