Download or read book Those Amazing Leeches written by Cheryl Mays Halton and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explores the physiology, habitat, and past and present medical uses of a variety of leeches.
Download or read book Medicinal Leech Therapy written by Andreas Michalsen and published by Thieme. This book was released on 2011-01-01 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Medicinal leech therapy has undergone a renaissance in recent years, both in terms of how well the effects of using leeches are understood,and in the discovery of new clinical applications that have resulted in remarkable outcomes. This timely book introduces the basic principles of using leeches in clinical practice, and clearly sets out the methodology and potentialapplications. Emphasis is given to those areas of medicine where scientific studies have already provided firm evidence of success -- treatment of arthrosis and pain is already benefiting from this highly effective therapy.Excellent instructions for the use of leeches cover the full spectrum of possible applications, while the encouraging new developments in research are also addressed. This valuable guide for physicians to this important therapy comes from the acknowledged experts in the field.
Download or read book Leech written by Robert G. W. Kirk and published by Reaktion Books. This book was released on 2013-02-15 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Download or read book Bloodsucking Leeches written by Tayler Cole and published by Gareth Stevens Publishing LLLP. This book was released on 2015-12-15 with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Download or read book Neurobiology of the Leech written by Kenneth J. Muller and published by . This book was released on 1981 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the 19th century, the medicinal applications of leeches prompted basic research into their neurobiology, reproduction, development, and anatomy; subsequently, leeches became an important model for understanding the nervous system. In this monograph, each chapter provides a narrative account of experimental work on a particular area of leech neurobiology, and explains its significance for the broader field of neuroscience. The appendices describe methods for maintaining and manipulating leeches in the laboratory and include an atlas of neurons in the leech Hirudo medicinalis. Extensively illustrated, this book is a classic in the field and is considered a "must read" for neuroscientists and those interested in leech biology. It has been out of print for many years; however, some recent inquiries have prompted us to reprint it and make it available at an affordable price.
Download or read book Leech Therapy written by Matt Isaac and published by Health by Profession. This book was released on 2011-07 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From Cleopatra to Demi Moore, from ancient methods to modern medicine, leech therapy has withstood the test of time; and this book is here to help you use the leech for your maximum benefit. This book will guide you as you learn more about this wonderful creature and the gifts it has in store for you...Leech Therapy: an introduction to a natural healing alternative includes: practical recommendations, professional advice, clinical knowledge, biological descriptions, and historical facts. Leech therapy can be an effective treatment for heart diseases, bronchitis, asthma, cirrhosis, constipation, hemorrhoids, diseases of the eyes, ears, throat and nose, radicular pain, allergies and many more...
Download or read book Leeches and Liberty written by Richard H. Kennedy and published by Hillcrest Publishing Group. This book was released on 2011-12-27 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Dr. Luke Carr's journal entries, early American medical practices--including herbal remedies and homeopathy--are revealed amid the backdrop of Rhode Island's scenic Pawtuxet Village. The exploratory philosophies that have since led to modern-day medical practice evolve alongside a historical view into life of America's early European settlers, including the common social and political issues of the time; the effects of the American Revolution; the influence of the Masons, the church, and various religions; and much more.
Download or read book Leeches written by David Albahari and published by Random House. This book was released on 2012 with total page 323 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A young journalist sees a man slap a beautiful woman on the shore of the Danube. Intrigued, he follows the woman into the tangled streets of the city until he loses sight of her. A few days later a mysterious package arrives. As he delves deeper trying to decipher the contents, he finds himself unravelling a terrible conspiracy that seems destined to end in tragedy... 'Has the paranoid, hallucinatory feel of a mind slowly breaking down... It's a bold response to Serbia's bloodstained history' Metro 'A masterpiece, a thrilling maelstrom of conspiracies and counter-conspiracies' Die Zeit
Download or read book Leech Therapy Modern Surgery written by Manzoor Ahmed and published by . This book was released on 2021-05-10 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Leech Therapy & Modern Surgery Dr. Manzoor Ahmad is working as an Associate Professor at Z.V.M.Unani Medical College and Hospital, Azam Campus, Pune. He is also working as the Consultant Surgeon and has performed numerous surgeries. He has received the Ibne Sina NATIONAL AWARD at an international conference at Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh in 2018. He has presented many research papers and delivered expert lectures in various National; international Conferences and Seminars. Leech therapy is a keen area of his interest and he is practising it for the last few years. The present book "The Leech Therapy and Modern Surgery" covers most of the available knowledge based on various researches regarding leech and its therapy; it also contains Indications such as plastic and reconstructive surgery, general surgery, ENT, Ischemic heart diseases, method of practice of leech therapy with adverse effects and contraindications. In other words, the book is a guide to practice Leech therapy, especially in the field of Surgery. This book will definitely help practitioners to practice Leech Therapy. Unani Medicine has various rituals by which patients are treated. Leech therapy is one of the important amongst them. It was practiced in European countries also. However, it was relegated to back benches as there are not many authoritative books on this subject. I am happy that Dr. Manzoor Ahmad has undertaken a step in this direction and written a very well researched book on this topic, which includes his own experience of leech therapy.
Download or read book Clinical Hirudotherapy Practical Guide written by Konstantin Sukhov and published by . This book was released on 2018-07-06 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For many years, practicing clinical medicine, we continue to describe and share nature's wonderful creation - medicinal leeches (Hirudo medicinalis). And at first we are always met with shock, doubt and distrust regardless of the patient's age, intellect and profession. It is understandable, however, that both the patient and the specialist educated within the modern medical establishments find it hard to believe that some 'worms' can have significant benefit on treatment of diseases. Medicinal leeches are not an advancement in genetic engineering and nanotechnology, or some new achievement in engineering and artificial intelligence; they are not mentioned in fancy advertisements of transnational pharmaceutical companies.It is hard to believe that some annelid worms (Annelides) can help us treat severe traumas, acute otitis, artritis or panaritium, help you forget about dreadful hemorrhoids, restore the lightness in your heavy legs, and, perhaps, even help save you from the fate of a lifelong disability...This book is the further development of our project and plan to distribute our professional knowledge of Hirudotherapy (Medicinal Leech Therapy) among the Medical community and the different World nations.
Download or read book Leeches written by Katie Marsico and published by Children's Press. This book was released on 2015-09 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This book details the life and habits of leeches"--
Download or read book Those Amazing Eels written by Cheryl Mays Halton and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discusses the physiology, habitat, history, and past and present uses for the eel.
Download or read book Nematodes Leeches and Other Worms written by and published by Capstone. This book was released on 2006-01-01 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes the physical characteristics, habitat, and types of worms, including leeches, earthworms, and tapeworms.
Download or read book The Book of Blood written by Harvey P. Newquist and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2012 with total page 165 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A thrilling and lively tour of the world of blood, from ancient history to modern science, to dark and often gruesome legends of vampires and plague, this book informs readers about the most important tissue in the body.
Download or read book Leeches Hirudinea written by K. H. Mann and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2013-09-11 with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Leeches (Hirudinea): Their Structure, Physiology, Ecology and Embryology presents a concise account of the vast knowledge, particularly in the realm of physiology of the Hirudinea. The text provides the various aspects of the life of leeches (Hirudenea). The first three chapters are devoted to the survey of the different families of leeches and the description of Hirudo medicinalis (Medicinal leech). The physiological aspects of leeches such as its circulatory and respiratory systems, muscles, nerves, sense organs, and reproductive processes are elaborated in detail in subsequent chapters. Leech nutrition, behavior, locomotion, and the ways in which the distribution and abundance of leeches is affected by factors of the environment, both living and non-living are elucidated as well. Zoologists will find the book very useful and informative.
Download or read book Do You Know Leeches written by Alain M. Bergeron and published by Do You Know. This book was released on 2013 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Grade level: 2, 3, 4, 5, p, e, i.
Download or read book Biotherapy History Principles and Practice written by Martin Grassberger and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-06-04 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Biotherapy is defined as the use of living organisms in the treatment and diagnosis of human and animal diseases. This volume is an evocative exploration of the history, scientific basis and practical use of the major biotherapy modalities. The authors provide researchers and practitioners interested in this field, with cutting-edge material on the latest key advances in the following fields of biotherapy: Maggot Therapy, Hirudotherapy, Bee Venom Therapy, Apitherapy, Ichthyotherapy, Helminth Therapy, Phage Therapy, Animal Assisted Therapy, Canine Olfactory Detection. In addition, the authors provide with their chapters an extensive bibliography that represents a state-of-the-art survey of the literature. Comprehensive and current, this fresh volume of reviews is an essential resource for professionals who need to stay ahead of the game in the exciting field of biotherapy.
