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LEADER: 02503cam 2200445Ia 4500
001 ocn854257392
003 OCoLC
005 20220514120233.0
008 130726s2012 nyu e b 001 0 eng d
040 $aHSA$beng$cHSA$dOCLCF$dOCLCQ$dOCLCO
020 $a9781620909799
020 $a1620909790
035 $a(OCoLC)854257392
050 4 $aRB125$b.N388 2012
082 04 $a636.089607
100 1 $aNatterson-Horowitz, Barbara.
245 10 $aZoobiquity :$bwhat animals can teach us about health and the science of healing /$cBarbara Natterson-Horowitz and Kathryn Bowers.
260 $aNew York, N.Y. :$bAlfred A. Knopf,$c2012.
300 $aviii, 308 pages ;$c21 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$bnc$2rdacarrier
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aAuthors' note -- 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 -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Index.
500 $aA Borzoi book.
520 $aIn 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.
650 0 $aDiseases$xAnimal models.
650 0 $aVeterinary pathology.
650 0 $aMedicine, Comparative.
650 2 $aDisease Models, Animal
650 2 $aPathology, Veterinary
650 6 $aMaladies$xModèles animaux.
650 6 $aPathologie vétérinaire.
650 6 $aMédecine comparée.
650 7 $aDiseases$xAnimal models.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst00895160
650 7 $aMedicine, Comparative.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01015232
650 7 $aVeterinary pathology.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01166054
700 1 $aBowers, Kathryn.
994 $aZ0$bP4A
948 $hNO HOLDINGS IN P4A - 3 OTHER HOLDINGS