Soviet Medical Encyclopedia

Arion

Parasitology, Biology & Genetics

Also known as: Slug, Arionidae

Historical document, translated for reference. It reflects medical knowledge of the 1920s–30s and is not medical advice.

Summary

Arion is a genus of herbivorous, air-breathing, shell-less land mollusks. The encyclopedia notes that these slugs have been occasionally found in human vomit after being accidentally ingested with fresh plant food.

Encyclopedia entry (1928–1936)

ARION, a herbivorous, air-breathing, terrestrial mollusk, completely devoid of a shell.

Arion: figure 1 from the 1928–1936 encyclopedia article

Cases of its presence in human vomit have been described repeatedly, resulting from accidental ingestion into the stomach along with fresh plant food.

Cite this page

“Arion.” Soviet Medical Encyclopedia. English translation of Bolshaya Meditsinskaya Entsiklopediya, 1st ed. (Moscow, 1928–1936), ed. N. A. Semashko. https://sovietmedicalencyclopedia.pages.dev/article/arion/