A Lithophagus
Anon
Genre: | Extract, Miscellaneous |
Publications extracted: | Paulian 1758 |
Subjects: | Nutrition, Anatomy, Menageries |
Reports the case of a 'true lithophagus, or stone-eater' who could swallow large flints and powdered stones made into a paste. | |
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