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Author: Lynda Jones Publisher: ISBN: 9780325106861 Category : Leeches Languages : en Pages : 16
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"Imagine eating bedbugs to cure a cold. Or swallowing leeches to heal your swollen tonsils. History is full of odd cures like these. Travel back in time to learn about the sometimes-horrid history of healing."--Page 4 of cover.
Author: Lynda Jones Publisher: ISBN: 9780325106861 Category : Leeches Languages : en Pages : 16
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"Imagine eating bedbugs to cure a cold. Or swallowing leeches to heal your swollen tonsils. History is full of odd cures like these. Travel back in time to learn about the sometimes-horrid history of healing."--Page 4 of cover.
Author: Tayler Cole Publisher: Gareth Stevens Publishing LLLP ISBN: 1482439530 Category : Juvenile Nonfiction Languages : en Pages : 26
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There are over 650 different types of leeches. And most want to suck your blood! These real-life vampires are nocturnal, like dark places, and only come out when they get thirsty! But can these bloodsuckers actually help humans? The ancient Egyptians may have been on to something! Readers learn about the habitats, history, and medical uses of the bloodsucking leech. Full-color photographs offer an up close view of these thirsty worms, and fact boxes share more details about their fascinating lives.
Author: Robert G. W. Kirk Publisher: Reaktion Books ISBN: 1780230680 Category : Nature Languages : en Pages : 210
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Armed with razor-sharp teeth and capable of drinking many times its volume of blood, the leech is an unlikely cure for ill health. Yet that is exactly the role this worm-like parasite has played in both Western and Eastern medicine throughout history. In this book, Robert G. W. Kirk and Neil Pemberton explore how the leech surfaces in radically different spheres. The ancients used them in humeral medicine to bring the four humors of the body—blood, phlegm, and black and yellow bile—back into balance. Today, leeches are used in plastic and reconstructive surgery to help reattach severed limbs and remove pools of blood before it kills tissue. Leeches have also been used in a nineteenth-century meteorological barometer and a twentieth-century biomedical tool that helped win a Nobel Prize. Kirk and Pemberton also reveal the dark side of leeches as they are portrayed in fiction, film, and popular culture. From Bram Stoker’s Dracula to a video game player’s nemesis, the leech is used to represent the fears of science run amok. Leech shines new light on one of humanity’s most enduring and unlikely companions.
Author: Lela Stanley Publisher: ISBN: 9781925986334 Category : Juvenile Nonfiction Languages : en Pages : 20
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Leeches are small worm-like creatures that suck blood! There's lots to learn about leeches, including their history in medicine. This is an engaging book for upper primary readers. Proceeds from this sale benefit not for profit organisation Library For All, helping children around the world learn to read.
Author: Clayton Emery Publisher: Wizards of the Coast ISBN: 0786964073 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 274
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The third installment in a series that uncovers the secrets of the ancient civilizations of the Forgotten Realms world Lurking in the ruins of the Cursrah is a horrific tale of greed, power, and revenge. The Protector crawls forth, the shade of a dead city whose rulers refuse to die. In two distant epochs, the stories of young adventurers unfold: Craving excitement, a tomboyish princess disobeys her mother’s orders to explore the countryside with her two male companions. Their journey closely mirrors that of Amber, Hakiim, and Reiver, a trio of friends living one thousand years in the future. Though separated by time, both parties of adventurers learn of a dreadful destiny they cannot escape . . . and of a deadly threat to all they hold dear. Why did Cursrah fall? Who was the Star of Cursrah? And how can a long-dead city threaten the modern realm of Calimshan? Uncover the secrets for yourself—if you dare.
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