Rapunzel Syndrome
Entry:
In the fairytale Rapunzel the wife has an abnormal craving for green shoots called rapunzels. She makes her husband climb a wall into a sorceress' garden to retrieve them.
Pica in cattle
Your name:
William Beinart
Entry:
Pica is also the name of a disease found amongst livestock, especially cattle.
Eating chalk (geophagy)
Your name:
Hannah Still
Entry:
I have a strong personal recollection of the desire to consume chalk. This desire affected me in primary school, roughly from the age of 7 to 11.
Harmful foreign bodies or material
Your name:
Stuart Gould
Entry:
The toy car and clinical history triggered memories of 3 cases in the past with which I had direct contact or knowledge:
Magpies - self recognition
Entry:
Magpie – Pica Pica
Slice of a child's head (licking)
Entry:
Found this on the bus - 7.45am 16th October.
Pica in cats
Entry:
Pica: When your pet eats things that aren't food
Metal Eating Man
Entry:
The attached audio file is a short interview with Linda Francis, who stepped onto the Object Retrieval bus and was reminded of a man she saw 35 years ago, who was, apparently commonly known in the
Pica and Blood Lead in Psychotic Children
Your name:
Simone Severini
Entry:
B. E. Oliver, G. O'Gorman, Pica and Blood Lead in Psychotic Children, Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology, Volume 8 Issue 6, Pages 704-707
Lead poisoning son and pica: a mother's story
Your name:
Simone Severini
Entry:
Source: http://www.lead.org.au/q&a/2002/lead-poisoned-son.html
30th October 2002, California USA
