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CNN.com - Hundreds of coins found in patient's belly - Feb. 18, 2004
by ryan is the supernicety at 10:28 pm EST, Feb 18, 2004 |
] The patient's rare condition is called pica, a compulsion
] to eat things not normally consumed as food. Its name
] comes from the Latin word for magpie, a bird thought to
] eat just about anything.
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] Pica can take the form of eating dirt, ashes, chalk,
] hair, soap, toothbrushes, burned matches and many other
] things. Francois once treated a patient who ate forks.
] Most such objects are small enough to pass on their own,
] but some must be removed by doctors. how have human's survived the evolutionary ladder this long.... |
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RE: CNN.com - Hundreds of coins found in patient's belly - Feb. 18, 2004
by biochik007 at 11:22 pm EST, Feb 18, 2004 |
ryan is the supernicety wrote:
] ] The patient's rare condition is called pica, a compulsion
] ] to eat things not normally consumed as food. Its name
] ] comes from the Latin word for magpie, a bird thought to
] ] eat just about anything.
] ]
] ] Pica can take the form of eating dirt, ashes, chalk,
] ] hair, soap, toothbrushes, burned matches and many other
] ] things. Francois once treated a patient who ate forks.
] ] Most such objects are small enough to pass on their own,
] ] but some must be removed by doctors.
]
] how have human's survived the evolutionary ladder this
] long....
Ewwwwwwwww and I thought it was bad when the dog ate p00 :(
We at least know better!! |
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