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By Rudolph M. Bell

Is there a resemblance among the modern anorexic youngster counting each calorie in her single-minded pursuit of thinness, and an ascetic medieval saint interpreting her each hope? Rudolph M. Bell means that the answer's yes.

"Everyone drawn to anorexia nervosa . . . may still skim this publication or research it. it'll make you already know how established upon tradition the definition of ailment is. i'm going to by no means examine an anorexic sufferer within the comparable means again."—Howard Spiro, M.D., Gastroenterology

"[This] e-book is a firstclass social background and is well-documented either in its historic and medical portions."—Vern L. Bullough, American old Review

"A major contribution to revisionist heritage, which re-examines occasions in gentle of feminist notion. . . . Bell is very skillful in describing habit inside of its time and tradition, which might be extraordinary through latest norms, with out decreasing it to the pathological."—Mary Lassance Parthun, Toronto Globe and Mail

"Bell is either enlightened and convincing. His e-book is impressively researched, effortless to learn, and totally fascinating."—Sheila MacLeod, New Statesman

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