When was anorexia first documented?

Answer 1

Two English doctors gave an official name and method of diagnosing in the 1870s. Before then, clergy reports noted that Catherine of Sienna starved herself and refused to eat, and many other historical reports note similar anorexia-like behaviors in individuals. Anorexia nervosa was first described in 1684. The first documented case was in 1689.

Answer 2

In 1695 Richard Morton described the first case of anorexia nervosa in "Phtisiologia: a Treatise on Consumption." The change of role and the search for a social identity brought on anorexic behaviors in women, especially those of the indentured social class. Baglivi, an expert in physical medicine who held the chair of Theoretical Medicine in the University of Rome at the beginning of 1700, spoke of the disaffection in the face of food which presented in young women uncomfortable in love and in conflict with their families. The cure proposed was to encourage the spontaneous healing of the patient with the help of "a Doctor Who is a nimble talker and a master in the art of persuasion (Baglivi, 1699), whereas today there is a trend to return to organic causes and to offer biochemical therapies. In 1874, Gull officially coined the term "Anorexia Nervosa." Extracted from http://www.albany.edu/scj/jcjpc/vol8is1/reda.html

Answer 3

Anorexia was diagnosed as an actual condition in the 1870s. Clergy reports state that Catherine of Sienna often refused ot eat or ate only little portions of food, a possibly sign of anorexia. Written notes have traced signs of anorexia (in the form of starvation to lose weight) back to the 1600s. Some believe that Greeks noted self-starvation and throwing up after meals, both signs of anorexia and bulimia, too.

Answer 4

Anorexia is considered to have become an official, documented disorder by British medical scientists in the early 1870s. Some reports (authenticity is sometimes questionable or disputed, though) go back to ancient Greece where reports of starvation (anorexia) or throwing up after meals (bulimia) were recorded. Some believe that Catherine of Sienna was anorexic, becasue clergy documents state that she often would refuse to eat or would only eat very small portions to stay thin, grwoing weak as a result. Anorexia, along with numerous documented cases, began to spring up more around the early 1900s spannign to rpesent day.

Answer 5

It is unclear, exactly. The first medical publication and diagnosis of anorexia as an actual disorder was in the 1880s by two English doctors. There were, however, many writings and detailed journals dating way before then. Proof of people who exhibited anorexic-like (or other forms of eating disorder-like) characteristics are noted throughout the early 1600s and 1700s, but also go back to the middle ages. Some records of priests and other religious officials have noted behaviors similar to anorexia in the ancient Greek and Roman empires. It was believed that Catherine of Sienna died of what would now be called anorexia, due to malnourishment from eating only fruits and berries.

Answer 6

There is no exact answer for that. Anorexia first began to appear in medical textbooks as a disorder / disease in England and France in the mid-1800s. However, religious texts describe Catherine of Sienna as having anorexic-like tendencies, and writings from the Ancient Greek and Roman times also describe individuals who showed signs or habits of what now might be diagnosed as anorexia.

Answer 7

Anorexia was first considered and documented as a real medical and mental disorder by 2 English scientists in the mid-1800s.