| Authors: |
Natterson-Horowitz, Barbara.
Bowers, Kathryn.
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| Material type: |
Book |
| Subject: |
Diseases -- Animal models.
Veterinary pathology.
Medicine, Comparative.
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| Language: |
English |
| Publisher: |
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, c2012. |
| Description: |
viii, 308 p. ; 25 cm. |
| ISBN: |
9780307593481 0307593487 |
| Notes: |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [249]-291) and index. |
| Contents: |
Dr. House, meet Doctor Doolittle : redefining the boundaries of medicine -- The feint of heart : why we pass out -- Jews, jaguars, and Jurassic cancer : new hope for an ancient diagnosis -- Roar-gasm : an animal guide to human sexuality -- Zoophoria : getting high and getting clean -- Scared to death : heart attacks in the wild -- Fat planet : why animals get fat and how they get thin -- Grooming gone wild : pain, pleasure, and the origins of self-injury -- Fear of feeding : eating disorders in the animal kingdom -- The koala and the clap : the hidden power of infection -- Leaving the nest : animal adolescence and the risky business of growing up -- Zoobiquity. |
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| Summary: |
In the tradition of Temple Grandin, Oliver Sacks, and Neil Shubin, cardiologist and psychiatrist Natterson-Horowitz and science writer Bowers look at the remarkable correspondences between the way human beings and animals live, die, get sick, and heal in their natural settings. |