Early descriptions of eating disorders in the Norwegian medical literature.
By the end of the nineteenth century, anorexia nervosa had acquired a certain amount of recognition in the medical literature in many countries. In Norway, however, little attention had been paid to this eating disorder. Some anorexic-like conditions can be found in case reports on "hysteria" in children, of which the article by Selmer, from 1891, is quoted in extenso.
Rosenvinge
J H
JH
Institute of Psychology, University of Oslo, Norway.
Vandereycken
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