Solem, A. (March 1965):  Snails and human welfare. Part I.  Health,
10(7):  31-37.
Solem, A. (April 1965):  Snails and human welfare. Part II.  Health,
10(8):  17-23.

Health was (is?) a 10 issues per year magazine published in Chicago by the
American Osteopathic Association. The article discusses not only gastropods
but bivalves as well.  Part II has a chapter "Beware the Limpet" about the
detrimental effect of ingested limpet radulae.

Jochen Gerber

At 08:50 PM 1/29/02 +1300, you wrote:
>Hi everyone,
>
>A little while back someone mentioned 2 articles about 'molluscs and health'
>written by Solem which referred to the consumption of chitons and the
>side-effect of radula 'fur-balls'.  Does anyone have the full references for
>these articles?
>
>Thanks,
>
>Kath.
>
>
>
>Katherine Szabo
>Archaeology and Natural History
>Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies
>Australian National University
>Canberra ACT 0200
>Australia
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