[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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    -A■*W'\ - I * 4 ' f?*r *r AW ACCOUNT OF AJVJV MOOR. Ann MOOR, the subject of the following sheet* Zu /(?,n k76 * * 3t Roslesto in Derbyshire f her p* rents, though poor,, were industrious; and her father ST- *« a labouZ„married 5* Te aSe of 27, to James Moor, the name nf jlallir,and tRe natura' s°n of a woman by amhiJJu ,Ldtk‘n : owing to this circumstance, some ambiguity has been occasioned with respect to her name, but she is generally known by that of Moor It does not appear that she lived happily with her -nnn^t? dunn§ ‘he short time she was with him, for AfZfheirmZaR! yfPaJaied ^ mutusl «»»«* and tiH L P SheLhad two ch'Wren, a boy iurvg w?t. f ;1lTon,ln ‘he neighbourhood of Tut- *ury, wita whom she lived as servant; theeirl is with her mother, and goes to school at Tufoury.® r ann^ aPpears to have had a tolerable education Sren^h of “ 5“ of life> 8nd Possesses great th™ f* * ®rnd >Jsl,ehas a *nacb larger stock of ideas IdvZ^nffound«ven^with people who have had the naZfi ■? superior education. All the former part of her life she lived out at service in different