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What Animals Can Teach Us About Health and the Science of Healing

by Barbara Natterson-Horowitz (Author), Kathryn Bowers (Author) (edit contributors)

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In the tradition of Temple Grandin, Oliver Sacks, and Neil Shubin, cardiologist and psychiatrist Barbara Natterson-Horowitz and science writer Kathryn Bowers look at the remarkable correspondences between the way human beings and animals live, die, get sick, and heal in their natural settings,... read more

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In the spring of 2005, the chief veterinarian of the Los Angeles Zoo called me, an urgent edge to his voice.

Table of Contents edit see section history

Author's Note
1. Dr. House, Meet DoctorDolittle
2. The Feint of Heart
3. Jews, Jaguars, and Jurassic Cancer
4. Roar-gasm
5. Zoophoria
6. Scared to Death
7. Fat Planet
8. Grooming Gone Wild
9. Fear of Feeding
10. The Koala and the Clap
11. Leaving the Nest
12. Zoobiquity
Acknowledgments
Notes
Index

Authors & Contributors edit see section history

  1. Barbara Natterson-Horowitz (Author)
  2. Kathryn Bowers (Author)

First Edition edit see section history

Original Language: English
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf
Country: USA
Publication Date: 2012
ISBN: 978-0-307-59348-1
Page Count: 308

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  • Library of Congress: QZ 33
  • Dewey: 636.089607
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  • Sociobiology
  • The Naked Ape
  • The Panda's Thumb
  • The Selfish Gene
  • The Blind Watchmaker
  • The Ancestor's Tale
  • Why We Get Sick
  • Endless Forms Most Beautiful
  • The Third Chimpanzee
  • The Blank Slate
  • Our Inner Ape
  • Animals Make Us Human
  • Animals in Translation
  • When Elephants Weep
  • The Emotional Lives of Animals
  • Inside of a Dog

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