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Human cannibalism is the act or practice of humans eating the flesh or internal organs of other human beings. A person who practices cannibalism is called a cannibal . The meaning of " cannibalism " has been extended into zoology to describe animals consuming parts of individuals of the same species as food.
Autocannibalism, also known as self-cannibalism and autosarcophagy, is the practice of eating parts of one's own body. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Generally, only the consumption of flesh (including organ meat such as heart or liver ) by an individual of the same species is considered cannibalism . [ 3 ]
Medical or medicinal cannibalism is the consumption of parts of the human body, dead or alive, to treat or prevent diseases. The medical trade and pharmacological use of human body parts and fluids often arose from the belief that because the human body is able to heal itself, it can also help heal another human body. [ 1 ]
Choking can happen in a range of situations, but experts say that the main causes in children are food, coins, toys and balloons. In adults, “the most common causes of choking almost always ...
The thought of choking, especially when there's no one there to help, is terrifying. Unfortunately, that fear is not unfounded: choking is the cause of thousands of deaths per year. A new article ...
Choking, also known as foreign body airway obstruction (FBAO), is a phenomenon that occurs when breathing is impeded by a blockage inside of the respiratory tract. An obstruction that prevents oxygen from entering the lungs results in oxygen deprivation .
They were cooking body parts for a meal when they were arrested; the police also recovered further human remains from their house. [272] They were released from jail in 2013; however, in April 2014, they were again discovered making curry out of a human corpse (this time, of a two- to three-year-old child), presumed to have been stolen from a ...
The Norwegian tale Buttercup is also about a witch trying to eat a child, but with a darker twist, since here the little boy, Buttercup, manages to save himself by killing the witch's daughter and boiling her body for the mother to eat. The witch eats the soup, thinking it "Buttercup broth", while it is actually "Daughter broth", as he comments ...