A bulimic ruminator? The case of Dr Samuel Johnson.
Utilizing a wide range of eighteenth- and nineteenth-century biographical sources, the eating pathology of Dr Samuel Johnson is illustrated and examined. His presenting symptoms are considered in the light of modern criteria for eating disorders and current research on bulimia nervosa and rumination disorder.
Parry-Jones
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Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, University of Glasgow.
D002032:Bulimia / Q000523:psychology*; D004327:Drinking Behavior; D005247:Feeding Behavior; D001068:Feeding and Eating Disorders / Q000523:psychology*; D049671:History, 18th Century; D049672:History, 19th Century; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male