Letter, 'Of a boy's eating (fames coenica or boulimia)' from Benjamin Bowker to Mrs Ellingsworth
Reference number: L&P/1/386
Date: 15 April 1745
Description
Charts the quantity of food devoured. Communicated to the Royal Society by Cromwell Mortimer, Secretary
Subject: Nutrition
Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'Extract of a letter from Mr. B-- B---r, containing an account, in pounds and ounces, of the surprising quantities of food devoured by a boy, 12 Years old, in 6 sucessive Days, who labour'd under a canine appetite, at Black Barnsley in Yorkshire'
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- L&P/1/386
- Earliest possible date
- 15 April 1745
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- Ink on paper
- Page extent
- 4 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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Letter, 'Of a boy's eating (fames coenica or boulimia)' from Benjamin Bowker to Mrs Ellingsworth, 15 April 1745, L&P/1/386, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_1_386/letter-of-a-boys-eating-fames-coenica-or-boulimia-from-benjamin-bowker-to-mrs-ellingsworth, accessed on 20 June 2025
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V. Extract of a letter from Mr. B-- B---r, containing an account, in pounds and ounces, of the surprising quantities of food devoured by a boy, 12 Years old, in 6 sucessive Days, who labour'd under a canine appetite, at Black Barnsley in Yorkshire External link, opens in new tab.
Date: 31st December 1744
DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1744.0077
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