Rapunzel Syndrome
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
Pica is also the name of a disease found amongst livestock, especially cattle.
Eating chalk (geophagy)
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
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
Magpie – Pica Pica
Slice of a child's head (licking)
Found this on the bus - 7.45am 16th October.
Pica in cats
Pica: When your pet eats things that aren't food
Metal Eating Man
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
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
Source: http://www.lead.org.au/q&a/2002/lead-poisoned-son.html
30th October 2002, California USA