Anorexia mirabilis
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Anorexia mirabilis, also known as holy anorexia or inedia prodigiosa or colloquially as fasting girls, is an eating disorder, similar to that of anorexia nervosa, that was common in, but not restricte
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Saint Margaret of Cortona
Fasting girl
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A fasting girl was one of a number of young Victorian era girls, usually pre-adolescent, who claimed to be able to survive over indefinitely long periods of time without consuming any food or other no
Anorexia mirabilis
…voluntary pain by fasting, whereas holy men experienced suffering through physical punishment. For this reason, they were often colloquially called "fasting girls", as there were no "fasting boys". This colloquial naming became the most common one in the Victorian era, with anorexia mirabilis being the term used…
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