<P> In the late 19th century anorexia nervosa became widely accepted by the medical profession as a recognized condition . In 1873 , Sir William Gull , one of Queen Victoria 's personal physicians , published a seminal paper which coined the term anorexia nervosa and provided a number of detailed case descriptions and treatments . In the same year , French physician Ernest - Charles Lasègue similarly published details of a number of cases in a paper entitled De l'Anorexie hystérique . </P>
<P> In the late 19th century anorexia nervosa became widely accepted by the medical profession as a recognized condition . In 1873 , Sir William Gull , one of Queen Victoria 's personal physicians , published a seminal paper which coined the term anorexia nervosa and provided a number of detailed case descriptions and treatments . In the same year , French physician Ernest - Charles Lasègue similarly published details of a number of cases in a paper entitled De l'Anorexie hystérique . </P>
when was anorexia classified as a mental illness
when was anorexia classified as a mental illness
1873
1873