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Author Natterson-Horowitz, Barbara.

Title Zoobiquity : what animals can teach us about health and the science of healing / Barbara Natterson-Horowitz and Kathryn Bowers.

Edition First edition.
Publication Info. New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2012.
Bookmark link: https://library.naperville-lib.org:444/record=b1520927~S1
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 Nichols Adult Nonfiction  636.089607 NAT    AVAILABLE
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Description viii, 308 pages ; 25 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Zoobiquity -- The feint of heart (fainting) -- Jews and jaguars (cancer) -- Roar-gasm (sexuality and dysfunction) -- Zoophoria (substance abuse and addiction) -- Scared to death (sudden death) -- Fat planet (obesity) -- The koala and the clap (sexually transmitted diseases) -- Grooming gone wild (self-mutilation) -- Fear of feeding (eating disorders) -- Leaving the nest (animal adolescence) -- Dr. House, meet Dr. Doolittle.
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.
Subject Diseases -- Animal models.
Veterinary pathology.
Medicine, Comparative.
Added Author Bowers, Kathryn.
ISBN 9780307593481
0307593487
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