Leech

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A horror and a healer, the leech has reared its head in many unexpected places and practices, revealing this creature to be among humanity's most enduring and peculiar companions. The Leech is one of nature's most tenacious yet mysterious animals. This book explores how this creature repeatedly surfaces throughout human history.

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Title Statements

Full title :Leech / Robert G.W. Kirk and Neil Pemberton.

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Edition Statements

Publication Date:2013.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Reaktion books
Place of Publication:London
Language:eng
Publication Date:2013.

The Physical Object

Description:208 pages : : illustrations (chiefly color) ; : 19 cm.

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9781780230337, 1780230338
oclc:ocn788271565
LC Classification:QL391.A6
Dewey Decimal:592.6/6

Introducing leech -- Natural leech -- Medical leech -- Capitalist leech -- Mechanical leech -- Wild leech -- Horror leech -- Biomedical leech -- Concluding leech -- Timeline of the leech.

Subjects

Animals and civilization Animals in literature Animals in motion pictures Animaux au cinéma Animaux dans la littérature Animaux et civilisation Blutegel Human-animal relationships Iglar Illustrated works Invertebrates in art Leeches Leeches -- Social aspects Leeches -- Symbolic aspects Leeches -- Therapeutic use Leeching -- history Médecine dans la littérature Médecine et art Medicine and art Medicine in Literature