![]() ![]() Samuel Johnson, the English man of letters (1700s) John Locke's essay on scrupulosity (1678) Shakespeare depicts Lady Macbeth's compulsive washing (c. John Moore's advice about obsessive thoughts (1692) Writings of "Great Western Thinkers" Richard Baxter's advice to sufferers (late 1600s) Scaramelli's advice on overcoming scruples (1754) Jeremy Taylor describes a compulsive symptom (1660)*Īlphonsus de Liguori on obedience as a cure for scruples (a term for Os and Cs) (1700s) Hannah Allen overcomes her obsessive thoughts (1683)*Īrchibald Alexander quotes from a friend's letter (1844)*Īn immigrant in New York City describes his compulsive "need-to-know" symptoms (1918)Ī teenage girl's health and number obsessions (1929) Early Writings by ClergyĪntoninus on the treatment of scrupulosity (1400s)įrancis de Sales on obsessive doubting and indecision (early 1600s)Īugustine Baker discusses obsessive thoughts and compulsive confessing of sins (1657) Ignatius of Loyola describes his compulsive confessing (1500s) Margery Kempe and her sexual obsessive thoughts (1436) An early monk, John Climacus, on unwanted blasphemous thoughts (6th century)* Early Firsthand Accounts ![]()
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