Treasures from the Sea for Medicine

by Smith, Albert C.

• ISBN13: 9781587211829
• ISBN10: 1587211823
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-08-01
• Publisher: Authorhouse

Table of Contents

Preface	p. XIX
List of Figures	p. XXI
Treasures	p. XXVII
The Sea Drug Store	p. 2
Inflammation	p. 3
Painful Encounters of the Gelatinous Kind	p. 4
Where do Babies Come from?	p. 5
An Opening That is Both A Mouth and Anus	p. 6
Cell Giants	p. 8
An Eye on Coral	p. 9
Snailine	p. 10
The Oyster and Cigarette Smoking	p. 11
Rare and Mysterious Blood Cell	p. 12
Death Wish	p. 14
Horseshoe Crab Test	p. 15
Crabs Have It All	p. 16
True Blue Bloods	p. 18
Boiling Mad	p. 19
Feet on Its Arms!	p. 20
Allergy and the Starfish	p. 21
Peritonitis	p. 22
Flexible Rigidity	p. 23
Stoned	p. 25
Heart Failure in a "Lowly" Marine Animal	p. 26
Too Much of a Good Thing	p. 27
Back Problems	p. 29
Origin of Thyroid Gland	p. 30
Cardiac Pacemaker Extraordinaire	p. 31
Snap, Crackle, and Pop	p. 32
Sharks and Cancer	p. 34
Sharks and Urea Poisoning (Uremia)	p. 35
Alcohol and the Shark Liver	p. 36
Tremor	p. 37
Sharks and Schizophrenia	p. 38
The "Diffuse" Brain	p. 39
Shared Burden	p. 41
Wound Sealing	p. 42
Platelets When You Need Them	p. 43
Part Fish/Part Human	p. 44
Emphysema and the Fish Lung	p. 45
Something Smells Fishy	p. 46
Pooped	p. 47
Evolutionary "Crystal Ball"	p. 48
Keloid	p. 49
Achy, Breaky Heart	p. 50
Gastric Distress	p. 51
Cholesterol	p. 52
"Sweating" Blood	p. 53
Overcoming Barriers	p. 54
The Fluctuating Protein	p. 55
Changing Sex	p. 56
The Missing Enzyme	p. 57
How Sweet It is	p. 58
In Conclusion	p. 59
Bibliography	p. 61
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