Gulp: Adventures on the Alimentary Canal (38 page)

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Silletti, Erika M. G.
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Altkorn, Robert. “Fatal and Non-fatal Food Injuries among Children (Aged 0–14 Years).”
International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology
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Independent
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Heath, M. R. “The Basic Mechanics of Mastication: Man’s Adaptive Success.” In
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John v. MGN, Ltd.
, QB 586 (1997), 3 WLR 593 (1996), 2 All ER 35 (1996), EMLR 229 Court of Appeal, Civil Division (1996).

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Prinz, Jon F., and René de Wijk. “The Role of Oral Processing in Flavour Perception.” In
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Seidel, James S., and Marianne Gausche-Hill. “Lychee-Flavored Gel Candies: A Potentially Lethal Snack for Infants and Children.”
Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine
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Van der Bilt, Andries. “Assessment of Mastication with Implications for Oral Rehabilitation: A Review.
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Wolf, Stewart.
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BIG GULP

“A Shark Story of Great Merit.”
New York Times
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Bernard, Claude.
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Reese, D. Meredith. “Medical Curiosity: Alleged Living Reptile in the Human Stomach.”
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Slijper, E. J.
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University of Pennsylvania Medical Bulletin
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“Swallowed by a Whale.”
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Boston Medical and Surgical Journal
116 (11): 249–252 (March 17, 1887).

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DINNER’S REVENGE

Bland-Sutton, John. “The Psychology of Animals Swallowed Alive.” In
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Matshes, Evan W., Kirsten A. Taylor, and Valerie J. Rao. “Sulfuric Acid Injury.”
American Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology
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STUFFED

Barnhart, Jay. S., and Roger E. Mittleman. “Unusual Deaths Associated with Polyphagia.”
American Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology
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Csendes, Atila, and Ana Maria Burgos. “Size, Volume, and Weight of the Stomach in Patients with Morbid Obesity Compared to Controls.”
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Edwards, Gillian. “Case of Bulimia Nervosa Presenting with Acute Fatal Abdominal Distention.”
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Glassman, Oscar. “Subcutaneous Rupture of the Stomach; Traumatic and Spontaneous.”
Annals of Surgery
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Key-Åberg, Algot. “Zur Lehre von der Spontanen Magenruptur.”
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Lemmon, William T., and George W. Paschal Jr. “Rupture of the Stomach following Ingestion of Sodium Bicarbonate.”
Annals of Surgery
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American Journal of Roentgenology
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Markowski, B. “Acute Dilatation of the Stomach.”
British Medical Journal
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Matikainen, Martti. “Spontaneous Rupture of the Stomach.”
American Journal of Surgery
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Van Den Elzen, B. D., et al. “Impaired Drinking Capacity in Patients with Functional Dyspepsia: Intragastric Distribution and Distal Stomach Volume.”
Neurogastroenterology and Motility
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UP THEIRS

Agnew, Jeremy. “Some Anatomical and Physiological Aspects of Anal Sexual Practices.”
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Cox, Daniel J., et al. “Additive Benefits of Laxative, Toilet Training, and Biofeedback Therapies in the Treatment of Pediatric Encopresis.”
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Garber, Harvey I., Robert J. Rubin, and Theodore E. Eisestat. “Foreign Bodies of the Rectum.”
Journal of the Medical Society of New Jersey
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Klauser, Andreas G., et al. “Behavioral Modification of Colonic Function: Can Constipation Be Learned?”
Digestive Diseases and Sciences
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Knowlton, Brian, and Nicola Clark. “U.S. Adds Body Bombs to Concerns on Air Travel.”
New York Times
, July 6, 2011.

Lancashire, M. J. R., et al. “Surgical Aspects of International Drug Smuggling.”
British Medical Journal
296: 1035–1037 (April 9, 1988).

Lowry, Thomas P., and Gregory R. Williams. “Brachioproctic Eroticism.”
Journal of Sex Education and Therapy
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Schaper, Andreas. “Surgical Treatment in Cocaine Body Packers and Body Pushers.”
International Journal of Colorectal Disease
22: 1531–1535 (2007).

Shafik, Ahmed, et al. “Functional Activity of the Rectum: A Conduit Organ or a Storage Organ or Both?”
World Journal of Gastroenterology
12 (28): 4549–4552 (July 2006).

Simon, Gustav. “On the Artificial Dilatation of the Anus and Rectum for Exploration and for Operation.”
Cincinnati Lancet and Observer
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State of Iowa v. Steven Landis
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Stephens, Peter J., and Mark L. Taff. “Rectal Impaction following Enema with Concrete Mix.”
American Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology
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United States v. Delaney Abi Odofin
, 929 F.2d at 60.

United States v. Montoya de Hernandez
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Voderholzer, W. A., et al. “Paradoxical Sphincter Contraction Is Rarely Indicative of Anismus.”
Gut
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Wetli, Charles V., Arundathi Rao, and Valerie Rao. “Fatal Heroin Body Packing.”
American Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology
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Yegane, Rooh-Allah, et al. “Surgical Approach to Body Packing.”
Diseases of the Colon and Rectum
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INFLAMMABLE YOU

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Gut
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Bigard, Marc-Andre, Pierre Gaucher, and Claude Lassalle. “Fatal Colonic Explosion during Colonoscopic Polypectomy.”
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Manner, Hendrik, et al. “Colon Explosion during Argon Plasma Coagulation.”
Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
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“Manure Pit Hazards.”
Farm Safety & Health Digest
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McNaught, James. “A Case of Dilatation of the Stomach Accompanied by the Eructation of Inflammable Gas.”
British Medical Journal
1 (1522): 470–472 (March 1, 1890).

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DEAD MAN’S BLOAT

Beazell, J. M., and A. C. Ivy. “The Quality of Colonic Flatus Excreted by the ‘Normal’ Individual.”
American Journal of Digestive Diseases
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Greenwood, Arin. “Taste-Testing Nutraloaf.”
Slate
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New England Journal of Medicine
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Magendie, F. “Note sur les gaz inestinaux de l’homme sain.”
Annales de Chimie et de Physique
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