What's eating you? : people and parasites / Eugene H. Kaplan ; illustrated by Susan L. Kaplan and Sandy Chichester Rivkin.

  • Kaplan, Eugene H. (Eugene Herbert), 1932-
Date:
[2010], ©2010
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Publication/Creation

Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, [2010], ©2010.

Physical description

xvii, 302 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Bibliographic information

Includes bibliographical references (p. 293-294) and index.

Contents

On the sacredness of life -- Introduction. The saline solution--an inner sea -- Land of smiles -- An encounter with Jordan Rose -- I had a farm in Africa -- Death of a mouse -- Intimate relationships -- A peek into the anus of--my child -- The well-hung dog -- Fiery serpent -- It hardly ever happens -- The anti-semitic tapeworm -- Mother always wanted me to be a real doctor -- Missus Murphy's baby -- The day I flunked the macho test -- The biblical plagues -- Alley cats and seagulls -- A better mousetrap -- Scandals and ghosts -- Spiny-headed monsters -- Bloodsucking beasts -- Ode to a cockroach -- Bats, bugs, and bloody bites -- Little fleas have littler fleas -- How to get rid of crabs -- Wild virgins -- Inexplicable behavior: some relationships are more intimate than others -- Topsy-turvy worlds -- A day in the Caribbean -- Tit, tit, tittie--cuckoo -- The game of life: name that category -- Paean of praise -- Tips for travelers.

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ISBN

  • 9780691141404
  • 0691141401