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- Richard Morton (1637–1698) was an English physician who was the first to state that tubercles were always present in the tuberculosis disease of the lungs.
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Richard Morton, an English physician, writing in Latin in 1689, is usually credited with the first description of anorexia nervosa. Morton's ‘ A Treatise of Conſumptions ’ is best known for his contribution to the solution of tuberculosis.
- Greg Wilkinson
- 2018
Richard Morton: origins of anorexia nervosa. Eur Neurol. 2004;52 (4):191-2. doi: 10.1159/000082033. Epub 2004 Nov 10. Author. J M S Pearce 1. Affiliation. 1 Emeritus Consultant Neurologist, Department of Neurology, Hull Royal Infirmary, Hull, East Yorks, UK. jmspearce@freenet.co.uk. PMID: 15539770. DOI: 10.1159/000082033. Abstract.
- J.M.S. Pearce
- 2004
British physician Richard Morton is credited with the first English-language description of anorexia nervosa in 1689. He reported two adolescent cases, one female and one male, which he described as occurrences of “nervous consumption,” a wasting away due to emotional turmoil.
The earliest medical descriptions of anorexic illnesses are generally credited to English physician Richard Morton, in 1689. However it was not until the late 19th century that anorexia nervosa was to be widely accepted by the medical profession as a recognized condition.
Richard Morton (1637–1698) was an English physician who was the first to state that tubercles were always present in the tuberculosis disease of the lungs. In Morton's time, this wasting disease was termed consumption , or by its Greek name of phthisis .
Holy anorexics abused their bodies, rejected marriage and sought religious asylum where many perished and became saints. The condition then paled into obscurity until the 19th century. Louis-Victor Marce (1828-1864) described such a patient in 1859, but Richard Morton is generally credited with the first medical description of anorexia nervosa ...
Dec 23, 2004 · Richard Morton: Origins of Anorexia nervosa. Subject Area: Neurology and Neuroscience. J.M.S. Pearce. Eur Neurol (2004) 52 (4): 191–192. https://doi.org/10.1159/000082033. Article history. Share. Tools. Abstract. Sir William Gull coined the name ‘anorexia nervosa’. Examples of self-starvation appeared in the Hellenistic era.
