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ce childhood。 He acknowledged the greatest desire to devour children he would meet playing； but he did not possess the courage to kill them。
Prochaska quotes the case of a woman of Milan who attracted children to her home in order that she might slay； salt； and eat them。 About 1600； there is the record of a boy named Jean Granier； who had repeatedly killed and devoured several young children before he was discovered。 Rodericus a Castro tells of a pregnant woman who so strongly desired to eat the shoulder of a baker that she killed him； salted his body； and devoured it at intervals。
There is a record of a woman who in July； 1817； was discovered in cooking an amputated leg of her little child。 Gorget in 1827 reported the celebrated case of Leger the vine dresser； who at the age of twenty…four wandered about a forest for eight days during an attack of depression。 Coming across a girl of twelve； he violated her； and then mutilated her genitals； and tore out her heart； eating of it； and drinking the blood。 He finally confessed his crime with calm indifference。 After Leger's execution Esquirol found morbid adhesions between the brain and the cerebral membranes。 Mascha relates a similar instance in a man of fifty…five who violated and killed a young girl； eating of her genitals and mammae。 At the trial he begged for execution； saying that the inner impulse that led him to his crime constantly persecuted him。
A modern example of lust…murder and anthropophagy is that of Menesclou； who was examined by Brouardel； Motet； and others； and declared to be mentally sound； he was convicted。 This miscreant was arrested with the forearm of a missing child in his pocket； and in his stove were found the head and entrails in a half…burnt condition。 Parts of the body were found in the water…closet； but the genitals were missing； he was executed； although he made no confession； saying the deed was an accident。 Morbid changes were found in his brain。 Krafft…Ebing cites the case of Alton； a clerk in England； who lured a child into a thicket； and after a time returned to his office； where he made an entry in his note…book： 〃Killed to…day a young girl； it was fine and hot。〃 The child was missed； searched for； and found cut into pieces。 Many parts； and among them the genitals； could not be found。 Alton did not show the slightest trace of emotion； and gave no explanation of the motive or circumstances of his horrible deed； he was executed。
D'Amador tells of persons who went into slaughter…houses and waste…places to dispute with wolves for the most revolting carrion。 It is also mentioned that patients in hospitals have been detected in drinking the blood of patients after venesections； and in other instances frequenting dead…houses and sucking the blood of the recently deceased。 Du Saulle quotes the case of a chlorotic girl of fourteen who eagerly drank human blood。 She preferred that flowing fresh from a recent wound。
Further Examples of Depraved Appetites。Bijoux speaks of a porter or garcon at the Jardin des Plantes in Paris who was a prodigious glutton。 He had eaten the body of a lion that had died of disease at the menagerie。 He ate with avidity the most disgusting things to satiate his depraved appetite。 He showed further signs of a perverted mind by classifying the animals of the menagerie according to the form of their excrement； of which he had a collection。 He died of indigestion following a meal of eight pounds of hot bread。
Percy saw the famous Tarrare； who died at Versailles； at about twenty…six years of age。 At seventeen he weighed 100 pounds。 He ate a quarter of beef in twenty…four hours。 He was fond of the most revolting things。 He particularly relished the flesh of serpents and would quickly devour the largest。 In the presence of Lorenze he seized a live cat with his teeth； eventrated it； sucked its blood； and ate it； leaving the bare skeleton only。 In about thirty minutes he rejected the hairs in the manner of birds of prey and carnivorous animals。 He also ate dogs in the same manner。 On one occasion it was said that he swallowed a living eel without chewing it； but he had first bitten off its head。 He ate almost instantly a dinner that had been prepared for 15 vigorous workmen and drank the accompanying water and took their aggregate allowance of salt at the same time。 After this meal his abdomen was so swollen that it resembled a balloon。 He was seen by Courville； a surgeon…major in a military hospital； where he had swallowed a wooden box wrapped in plain white paper。 This he passed the next day with the paper intact。 The General…in…chief had seen him devour thirty pounds of raw liver and lungs。 Nothing seemed to diminish his appetite。 He waited around butcher…shops to eat what was discarded for the dogs。 He drank the bleedings of the hospital and ate the dead from the dead…houses。 He was suspected of eating a child of fourteen months； but no proof could be produced of this。 He was of middle height and was always heated and sweating。 He died of a purulent diarrhea； all his intestines and peritoneum being in a suppurating condition。
Fulton mentions a girl of six who exhibited a marked taste for feeding on slugs； beetles； cockroaches； spiders； and repulsive insects。 This child had been carefully brought up and was one of 13 children； none of whom displayed any similar depravity of appetite。 The child was of good disposition and slightly below the normal mental standard for her age。 At the age of fourteen her appetite became normal。
In the older writings many curious instances of abnormal appetite are seen。 Borellus speaks of individuals swallowing stones； horns； serpents； and toads。 Plater mentions snail…eating and eel…eating； two customs still extant。 Rhodius is accredited with seeing persons who swallowed spiders and scorpions。 Jonston says that Avicenna； Rufus； and Gentilis relate instances of young girls who acquired a taste for poisonous animals and substances； who could ingest them with impunity。 Colonia Agrippina was supposed to have eaten spiders with impunity。 Van Woensel is said to have seen persons who devoured live eels。
The habit of dirt eating or clay…eating； called pica； is well authenticated in many countries。 The Ephemerides contains mention of it； Hunter speaks of the blacks who eat potters' clay； Bartholinus describes dirt…eating as does also a Castro。 Properly speaking； dirt…eating should be called geophagism； it is common in the Antilles and South America； among the low classes； and is seen in the negroes and poorest classes of some portions of the Southern United States。 It has also been reported from Java； China； Japan； and is said to have been seen in Spain and Portugal。 Peat…eating or bog…eating is still seen in some parts of Ireland。
There were a number of people in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries who had formed the habit of eating small pebbles after each meal。 They formed the habit from seeing birds swallowing gravel after eating。 A number of such cases are on record。
There is on record the account of a man living in Wurtemberg who with much voracity had eaten a suckling pig； and sometimes devoured an entire sheep。 He swallowed dirt； clay； pebbles； and glass； and was addicted