神経性無食欲症
In an earlier address, in 1868, Gull referred to the condition as "Apepsia hysterica", but subsequently amended this to "Anorexia hysterica" and then to "Anorexia nervosa". In a paper published in 1873, French physician Ernest-Charles Lasègue published a paper entitled "De l’Anorexie Hystérique". The use, and subsequent abandonment, of the term "hysterica" is of interest, since in the Victorian era the term was interpreted as applying to female behaviour. In 1873, Gull wrote: