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The E-Sylum: Volume 14, Number 23, June 5, 2011, Article 15

BIBLIOMANIACS: HIGH ON LITERATURE?

David Klinger forwarded this item found in the March 04, 1997 Chicago Tribune. He asks" Does this explain our Bibliomania ? -Editor

HIGH ON LITERATURE: The fungi that feed on old paper may be mildly hallucinogenic, and may cause an "enhancement of enlightenment" in readers, says a report in the British medical journal The Lancet. The source of inspiration for many great literary figures may have been nothing more than a quick sniff of moldy books, the report says.



Wayne Homren, Editor

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