In the Ephemerides we read of a man who vomited a serpent that had crept into his mouth, and of another person who ejected a beetle that had gained entrance in a similar manner.

From the same authority we find instances of the vomiting of live fish, mice, toads, and also of the passage by the anus of live snails and snakes.

Frogs vomited are mentioned by Bartholinus, Dolaeus, Hellwigius, Lentilus, Salmuth, and others.

Vege mentions a man who swallowed a young chicken whole.

Paullini speaks of a person who, after great pain, vomited a mouse which he had swallowed.