Hektoen International

A Journal of Medical Humanities

Tag: Rabbit Starvation

  • Rabbit starvation (protein poisoning)

    Howard FischerUppsala, Sweden “Jack Sprat could eat no fat,his wife could eat no lean…“— Sixteenth-century nursery rhyme Rabbit starvation (fat starvation, mal de caribou, protein poisoning) is an acute type of malnutrition that develops from a diet deficient in fat and where nearly all calories come from lean meat. Rabbit meat is very lean, as…