Historical bibliography

1850s

Fearing, E. P. (1856). Extraction of Needles, &c., from the Human Body. The Boston Medical and Surgical Journal, 55(2), 29-31.

1870s

Andrews, J. B. (1872). Case of Excessive Hypodermic Use of Morphia. Three Hundred Needles Removed From the Body of an Insane Woman. American Journal of Psychiatry, 29(1), 13-20.

Channing, W. (1878). Case of Helen Miller.—Self-mutilation.—Tracheotomy. American Journal of Psychiatry, 34(3), 366-378.

1890s

Gould, G. M., & Pyle, W. L. (1896). Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine. Philadelphia: W. B. Saunders.

1900s

Rousset, J. (1906). Les Auto-Mutilateurs. Etude Psycho-Pathologique et Médico-Légale. By Dr. Oharles Blondel.

Lorthiois, M. (1909). De l’automutilation: mutilations et suicides étranges. Vigot frères.

1910s

Emerson, L. (1914). The Case of Miss A. Psychoanalytic Review, 1, 41-54.

1930s

Menninger, K. A. (1938). Man Against Himself. Harvest Book.