History of Anorexia Nervosa: First Medical Description (1689)
The first recorded medical description of anorexia nervosa was by Richard Morton in 1689, in his dissertation Phthisiologia: A Treatise of Consumptions. He termed it "nervous consumption." For centuries, it was mischaracterized as hysteria or "maiden's sickness" before modern psychiatric recognition.
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