[An account of the extraordinary abstinence of Ann Moor, of Tutbury ... who has, since June 1807, lived entirely without food; giving ... an account of the investigation ... and observations on the letters of some medical men who attended it [R. Taylor and J. Allen, with text of their letters] Also other similar cases ... / By a gentleman living near Tutbury [i.e. John Lane?].

  • Moore, Ann, 1761-1825.
Date:
[1810?]
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Credit: [An account of the extraordinary abstinence of Ann Moor, of Tutbury ... who has, since June 1807, lived entirely without food; giving ... an account of the investigation ... and observations on the letters of some medical men who attended it [R. Taylor and J. Allen, with text of their letters] Also other similar cases ... / By a gentleman living near Tutbury [i.e. John Lane?]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    defence. Separated from the persons who*had been suspected of aiding her in the imp'osture; surrounded on all sides by enemies, and in the house of one as much or more so than any of the rest—what resource had she?—none. An exposition was inevitable, had she been an impostor. Nothing- but the conscious¬ ness of her own innocence could have urged her to challenge such an investigation. It vras thought by many, that Nanny would go into fits on her removal, but not the least symptom was discovered ; she bore it much better than could have been expected, and appeared very cheerful and talk¬ ative. , • The watch began to sit on the afternoon of her re¬ moval, at three o’clock ; her pulse at that time, were very weak, and about 68 in a minute ; her spirits were also a little depressed. The day after she had a slight fever, which was probably occasioned by taking cold in passing through the open air on her removal: it caused her pulse to be considerably increased. Du¬ ring the first three, days of her examination she swal¬ lowed about an ounce and half of water, but Mr. T. happening to come into the room whilst she was swallowing some, and observing the misery it gave her, and the violent rising of the wind resisting its pas¬ sage, he dissuaded her from taking any more. She followed his advice, and found every effect for which she drank the water, answered by wiping her mouth out with a moistened rag, and has never ventured to swal¬ low any liquid since. At the time of the investiga¬ tion she usually rendered about a pint of urine in two days, which was of a strong offensive smell. Her pulse were from 72 to 82 in a general way, but have at particular times been t>otli higher and low’er than that number, yet always as strong and with as much regularity people in health. Micturition took place sometimes towards the latter end of the watch, only once in two or three days or more, and in less