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A bulimic ruminator? The case of Dr Samuel Johnson

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 July 2009

Brenda Parry-Jones
Brenda Parry-Jones*
Affiliation:
Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, University of Glasgow
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1Address for correspondence: Mrs B. Parry-Jones, Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Royal Hospital for Sick Children, Yorkhill, Glasgow G3 8SJ.
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Synopsis

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.

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Psychological Medicine , Volume 22 , Issue 4 , November 1992 , pp. 851 - 862
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1992

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