An examination of the imposture of Ann Moore, called the fasting woman, of Tutbury : illustrated by remarks on other cases of real and pretended abstinence / by Alexander Henderson.

  • Henderson, A. (Alexander), 1780-1863.
Date:
1813
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Credit: An examination of the imposture of Ann Moore, called the fasting woman, of Tutbury : illustrated by remarks on other cases of real and pretended abstinence / by Alexander Henderson. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    pearance of health; her mental faculties were admitted to be entire; her memory was' even stated to be uncommonly strong; and her piety was held up as extremely edifying. As these accounts were attested by certain medical gentle- men, who had seen and examined her, they were received as entitled to sorne- credit. There were, it is tme, several circumstances in the documents alluded to, which, to a person of ordinary under- standing, seemed not a little suspicious; but all doubts on the Subject were sup- posed to be removed, and all objections answered, by the watching of the patient, during a term of sixteen days and nights, which took place in the month of Sep- tember, 1808. From that time she con- tinued to attract a crowd of visitors, from all parts of the country, who witnessed her condition with a sort of religious awe; and who, in commiseration of her suffer- ings, or to reward her devoutness, seldom quitted her without exercising their gene- rosity towards her.