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Leech

Leech( )
Author: Kirk, Robert G. W.
Pemberton, Neil
Series title:Animal Ser.
ISBN:978-1-78023-033-7
Publication Date:Feb 2013
Publisher:Reaktion Books, Limited
Book Format:Paperback
List Price:USD $22.00
Book Description:

In Leech, Robert G. W. Kirk and Neil Pemberton explore how this creature repeatedly surfaces throughout human history, featuring in radically different practices; from the humoral medicine of the ancients to twenty-first-century cosmetic surgery, from nineteenth-century meteorological barometer to twentieth-century biomedical tool that helped to win a Nobel Prize, the leech has been often present and always surprising. A horror and a healer, the leech has reared its head in...
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Book Details
Pages:208
Detailed Subjects: Science / Life Sciences / Zoology / Invertebrates
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):5.375 x 7.5 x 0.6 Inches
Book Weight:0.81 Pounds



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