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The bible and the sword or, the appointment of the general fast vindicated: in an address to the common people, concerning the propriety of repressing obstinate licentiousness with the sword, and of fasting when the sword is drawn for that purpose.
John William FletcherDate: 1776
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The autobiography of Elizabeth Squirrell of Shottisham, and selections from her writings : together with an examination and defence of her statements relative to her sufferings, blindness, deafness, entire abstinence from food and drink during twenty-five weeks, and other extraordinary phenomena: also facts and opinions illustrative and suggestive / by one of her watchers.
Squirrell, Elizabeth, 1838-Date: 1853
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"A wonderful little girl" : the true story of Sarah Jacob, the Welsh fasting girl / Siân Busby.
Siân BusbyDate: 2003
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"Shall she famish then?" : female food refusal in early modern England / Nancy Gutierrez.
Gutierrez, Nancy A., 1951-Date: [2003]
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By the king : A proclamation for a general fast / William R.
William IVDate: 1832
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A full exposure and confession of Ann Moore, the fasting woman of Tutbury / [Ann Moore].
Date: [1813]
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Nüchternes Kalkül - verzehrende Leidenschaft : Nahrungsabstinenz im 16. Jahrhundert / von Waltraud Pulz.
Pulz, WaltraudDate: 2007
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The nature and necessity of fasting . Being the substance of two sermons preach'd in the parish churches of West Ham, Essex, and St. Olave's, Hart-Street, London. By the Rev. William Dodd, Lecturer of those Parishes. To which are added, two solemn acts of private devotion, from the pious Bishop Ken's Practice of divine love.
Dodd, William, 1729-1777.Date: MDCCLVI. [1756]
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Ann Moore, a fraudulent fasting woman. Stipple engraving by R. Cooper, 1822.
Date: 1 June 1822Reference: 910i
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The nature and necessity of fasting . Being the substance of two sermons preach'd in the parish churches of West Ham, Essex, and St. Olave's, Hart-Street, London. By the Rev. William Dodd, Lecturer of those Parishes: And now published for the Use of all Christians upon the ensuing public fast. To which are added, two solemn acts of private devotion, proper for that day, from the pious Bishop Ken's Practice of divine love.
Dodd, William, 1729-1777.Date: MDCCLVI. [1756]
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Anorexies religieuses, anorexie mentale : essai de psychanalyse sociohistorique : de Marie de l'Incarnation à Simone Weil / Jacques Maître.
Jacques MaîtreDate: 2000
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Fasting for health : a complete guide on how, when and why to use the fasting cure / by Bernarr Macfadden.
Bernarr MacfaddenDate: 1928,
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A sermon preach'd in the Cathedral-Church of Norwich, on January 19th . Being the day appointed for a publick fast For the imploring of a Blessing from Almighty God upon Her Majesty and Her Allies Engaged in the Present War: As also for the Humbling of our selves before Him, in a deep sense of His heavy displeasure shew'd forth in the late dreadful Storm and Tempest; And in order to the obtaining the Pardon of our crying sins, The Averting his Judgments and the Continuance of His Mercies, and in most especial Manner that of the Protestant Religion to us and to our Posterity. By John Hoadly, M.A.
Hoadly, John, 1678-1746.Date: 1704
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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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Lechebnoe golodanie : kliniko-éksperimentalʹnye issledovani︠︡ia / [pod obshcheĭ redak︠t︡sieĭ D. D. Fedotova].
Date: 1969
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Holidays and Spa treatment
Date: 1897-1937Reference: PP/FPW/B.154
Part of: Parkes Weber, Frederick (1863-1962)
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From feasting to fasting, the evolution of a sin : attitudes to food in late antiquity / Veronika E. Grimm.
Grimm, Veronika E., 1934-Date: 1996
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Upavāsa tattuvam / ṭākṭar Ki. Lakṣmaṇa Carmā eḻutiyatu.
Lakshmana Sarma, K., 1879-1965.Date: 1939
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Fasting / by Shirley Ross ; foreword by Elliott J. Howard.
Ross, ShirleyDate: 1976
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Damaging the body : mini documentaries.
Date: 2012
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Fasting for health and life / by Josiah Oldfield.
Josiah OldfieldDate: 1932
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Mr. Bernard Cavanagh, the Fasting Man ... will receive company at his rooms, 263, Strand ... : His first long fast commenced at the death of his mother, which took place nearly six years ago, since that period he has not tasted any food whatever ...
Date: [1841]
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Ann Moore, a fraudulent fasting woman. Etching by J. Ward, 1812.
James WardDate: 1 June 1813Reference: 4091i
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Reflexiones theologico-canonico-medicas, sobre el ayuno eclesiastico, que establecen su practica, despues de los breves de Nuestro Santissimo Padre Benedicto XIV. Divididas en dos partes: la primera apomathema, en favor de su observancia: la segunda apologema, contra la sarcophagia, presente el precepto ... / Escritas (y es el octavo tomo de sus obras) por el R.P.M. Don Antonio Joseph Rodriguez.
Antonio José RodríguezDate: 1748
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Verdicts of coroners' juries : the case of the late Mr. Cordwell / by P.F. Curie.
Paul CurieDate: 1845

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The bible and the sword or, the appointment of the general fast vindicated: in an address to the common people, concerning the propriety of repressing obstinate licentiousness with the sword, and of fasting when the sword is drawn for that purpose.

"A wonderful little girl" : the true story of Sarah Jacob, the Welsh fasting girl / Siân Busby.

"Shall she famish then?" : female food refusal in early modern England / Nancy Gutierrez.

By the king : A proclamation for a general fast / William R.

A full exposure and confession of Ann Moore, the fasting woman of Tutbury / [Ann Moore].

Nüchternes Kalkül - verzehrende Leidenschaft : Nahrungsabstinenz im 16. Jahrhundert / von Waltraud Pulz.

Ann Moore, a fraudulent fasting woman. Stipple engraving by R. Cooper, 1822.

Anorexies religieuses, anorexie mentale : essai de psychanalyse sociohistorique : de Marie de l'Incarnation à Simone Weil / Jacques Maître.

Fasting for health : a complete guide on how, when and why to use the fasting cure / by Bernarr Macfadden.

Lechebnoe golodanie : kliniko-éksperimentalʹnye issledovani︠︡ia / [pod obshcheĭ redak︠t︡sieĭ D. D. Fedotova].

Holidays and Spa treatment

From feasting to fasting, the evolution of a sin : attitudes to food in late antiquity / Veronika E. Grimm.

Upavāsa tattuvam / ṭākṭar Ki. Lakṣmaṇa Carmā eḻutiyatu.

Fasting / by Shirley Ross ; foreword by Elliott J. Howard.

Damaging the body : mini documentaries.

Fasting for health and life / by Josiah Oldfield.

Mr. Bernard Cavanagh, the Fasting Man ... will receive company at his rooms, 263, Strand ... : His first long fast commenced at the death of his mother, which took place nearly six years ago, since that period he has not tasted any food whatever ...

Ann Moore, a fraudulent fasting woman. Etching by J. Ward, 1812.

Verdicts of coroners' juries : the case of the late Mr. Cordwell / by P.F. Curie.