bezoars

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Cecil may not have laid eyes on one (at least, back in 1995) but if you google images of “Bezoar pearls” you can find some that look quite pretty. Simply googling “bezoar” is not as appealing.

Apparently a bezoar can be any indegestible mass in the stomach or intestines. I guess it’s not surprising that some indigestible masses are prettier than others.

This is a link to a 16 girl’ surgery for removal of a bezoar.

WARNING!–the pictures are a little graphic in the depiction of operation. Just so you know…