Wild health : how animals keep themselves well and what we can learn from them /
Cindy Engel.
- Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 2002.
- x, 276 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [233]-261).
Part I - Living Wild : Health in the Wild -- Nature's Pharmacy -- Food, Medicine, and Self-medication -- Information for Survival. Part II - Health Hazards : Poisons -- Microscopic Foes -- Gaping Wounds and Broken Bones -- Mites, Bites, and Itches -- Reluctant Hosts, Unwelcome Guests -- Getting High -- Psychological Ills -- Family Planning -- Facing the Inevitable -- What We Know So Far. Part III - What We Might Learn : Animals in Our Care -- Healthy Intentions.