[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.

    18/26 (page 24)
    The following are exact copies of the two state¬ ments alluded to in page 12, under the latter of which are placed a few occasional remarks. “ To the Editors of the Medical and Physical Journal. “ Gentlemen, “ Though I have declined the practice of my profession, 1 shall ever consider it my duty to pro¬ mote its interests, and to contribute the mite which Providence may put in my way for the good of soci¬ ety, and the advancement of science. I trust I am solely actuated by this principle in eliciting, through the medium of your liberal miscellany, the opinions and theories of my medical brethren, on the remark¬ able facts which I have been engaged to ascertain. There is now living in the village of Tutbury, in Staffordshire, a woman named Ann Moor, in whom nature appears to have established a mere circulating recumbent life, without the usual essential of nutri- ciousju'ices. It appears from her asseverations, which 1 am compelled to admit on the subsequent testimo¬ ny of actual demonstration, that this striking variety of constitution has been the work of many years. T he consistency of her wholes narration, as to the main fact, is itself a forcible evidence of her integrity. But I have taken pains to give it all the confirmation that a human circumstance could admit, or the most determined incredulity, suggest. All the persons for¬ merly about her, have been removed, and she has been taken to the house of a most decided objector to her veracity ; and two persons in succession have watched day and night. Placards have been stuck up, maintaining these facts; and the sceptical invited to witness or take part in the investigation. “ It has been announced in the Derby paper, and the medical men cf that place acquainted with ifr9