nt to be treated and died. In 1870 SirWilliam Gull from England and Professor Lesegue from France who workedindependently brought up the term "anorexia hysterica" in English and"anorexie hysterique" in French. But it was Gull who eventually created"anorexia nervosa." At the end of the century the disorder, which wasusually found in the middle and upper classes, was rare but recognized.The following era is the pituitary era defined in 1914. Doctorswere sure that the disease was originated from some pathology of the organsand cells. Nevertheless many cases were inexplicable from this point ofview until Simmond described the pituitary cachexia. Simmond discovered adisease found in the pituitary gland of an underfed woman that developed ofpituitary failure and died. Some patients were diagnosed with pituitarydisease even when there were no signs of pituitary failure. Rediscovery era the third era defined in 1930, refers to the firstera. Here, the doctors rediscover anorexia nervosa. Although doctorsthought that the causes for the diseases were because of pituitary failure,they soon were convinced that anorexia nervosa was the main effect for thisdiseases. Following the rediscovery era is the psychoanalytical eradefined in 1940. This era is an extension of the previous era. Accordingto Waller, Kafman, and Deutch, anorexia symptoms were resulting fromfantasies and fears of oral impregnation. Walter Counnon experimented thatemotional states produced physiological changes. He said that the mind andbody were crashing one another to develop a disease, including anorexianervosa.The modern era is the last of the eras and is defined by HildeBruch. Hilde Bruch wrote a paper in 1961 entitled "Perceptual andConceptual Disturbances in Anorexia Nervosa." Brunch stated thedifference between "primary anorexia nervosa"(the one described by Gull andMorton) and "atypical anorexia nervosa" (self-starvation due to psychiatricillness)...
