but there's lots of reasons to think its been around

但又有很多理由相信
much longer than the current cultural emphasis.

它出现得比当今文化强调得更早
Way back in the fourteenth century, some of the Italian saints,

早在古老的十四世纪一些意大利圣徒
if they were to be dropped into our midst today,

如果他们穿越时空来到我们中间
might get a diagnosis of anorexia nervosa.

可能会被确诊为神经性厌食症
People have written a book--a book has been written

有人曾写了一本书
about whether some of these folks

这本书讲的是关于这些人
might be viewed as having a wholly anorexia.

会不会被看作是完全性厌食
They--like St. Catherine of Siena,

像锡耶纳的圣凯瑟琳一样
what we know about her is a little suggestive of

我们对她的了解会让人联想到
the eating disturbances we see today in our clinics.

今天在我们诊所里看到的饮食失调症的人
In 1689, Richard Morton, on a book called

1689年理查德·莫顿有本书叫做