An account of the extraordinary abstinence of Ann Moor, of Tutbury, Staffordshire, England. Who has for more than three years, lived entirely without food; giving the particulars of her life to the present time, an account of the investigation instituted on the occasion, and observations on the letters of some medical men who attended it.

Date:
1811
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Credit: An account of the extraordinary abstinence of Ann Moor, of Tutbury, Staffordshire, England. Who has for more than three years, lived entirely without food; giving the particulars of her life to the present time, an account of the investigation instituted on the occasion, and observations on the letters of some medical men who attended it. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    hisjujpicions. Her zvillingnejs to fubmit to every thing that he prop ofed, and even confenting to be removed from her own koufe to another, which was procured f in order the more effectually to carry on the invefiigationj were circmnfiances much in her favour. So very fincl was he% that hefuffered no perfon of her acquaintance to come near her, and during the watch which continued for fix- teen days and nights (of which IJhalt hereafter give an accountJ no perfon was allowed to attend, but puck as dij- credited the fall; and by this means it was more in his potver to convince the public of her innocence, which at that time very few even in the fame town would believe ; but fnee the invejligation there is fcarcely one person in cr near Tutbury, but is well abjured of the truth of the womans offer tion. This is not the fir ft infiance of the kind that has taken place within this lajt century, the cir- cumfiances which may tend to convince many who at this time difbelieve the firefent cafe \ as prejudice is generally fironger againjl an unprecedented occurrence, than where- jomething of a fimilar nature has before been heard of* Thus it Jhows, how wonderf ul are the various fources of nature ! with what unfdom has the Almighty planned ■man s mortal fyjlem !-—It is beyond our comprehcnfion to dij cover precifely the means by which life has been main- tained in fo extraordinary a manner. There is vaf room for speculation on this point; but the more we Jearch into it, the more we are lojl m amazement»