The first Australian case description of anorexia nervosa.
To the best of our knowledge, H.E. Astles was the first Australian physician who, in a lecture in 1882, paid explicit attention to the illness of anorexia nervosa. We reproduce his paper because of its historical value, which we underline in our comments.
University of Leuven, Belgium.
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000856:Anorexia Nervosa / Q000266:history*; D001315:Australia; D005260:Female; D049672:History, 19th Century; D006801:Humans