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• Title:[Gifttiere. English]
  Venomous and poisonous animals : a handbook for biologists, toxicologists and toxinologists, physicians and pharmacists / Dietrich Mebs.
  
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• Author/Creator:Mebs, D.
  
• Published/Created:Stuttgart : Medpharm ; Boca Raton, FL : CRC Press, 2002.
  

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  • Location:WOODWARD LIBRARY stacksWhere is this?
    
  • Call Number: WD400 .M48513 2002
    
  • Number of Items:1
    
  • Status:Available
    

   
• Library of Congress Subjects:Venom.
  Poisonous animals.
  
• Medical Subjects: Animals, Poisonous.
  Venoms.
  
• Description:ix, 339 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 28 cm.
  
• Summary:In the animal kingdom venoms and poisons are used for prey acquisition and defense. Using nettle organs, stingers or teeth animals of all classes apply a variety of toxic substances. This book gives an introduction to the world of venomous and poisonous animals and how they use their venoms and poisons, first aid measures and general rules for treating cases of envenoming or poisoning, recommendations for avoiding dangerous encounters with poisonous animals. In each chapter, one representative animal is described, its biology, venom apparatus, chemistry and mode of action of the toxic substances, symptoms of envenoming and poisoning, prevention and therapy.--Publisher description.
  
• Notes:Translation of: Gifttiere : ein Handbuch für Biologen, Toxikologen, Ärzte, Apotheker. 2., neu bearbeitete und erw. Aufl., 2000.
  Includes bibliographical references and index.
  
• ISBN:0849312647 (CRC : alk. paper)
  3887630939 (Medpharm)
  
• Contents:introduction to toxinology
  Marine animals
  Venomous marine animals
  Sponges
  Cnidarians
  Molluscs
  Worms
  Echinoderms
  Fishes
  Sea snakes
  Poisonous marine animals
  Poisonings after the consumption of seafood
  Shellfish poisoning
  Fish poisoning
  Poisoning by crustaceans
  Poisoning by snails
  Other health risks
  Terrestrial Animals
  Invertebrates
  Scorpions
  Spiders
  Ticks
  Centipedes, scolopenders
  Insects
  Vertebrates
  Amphibians
  Lizards
  Snakes
  Birds
  Mammals
  Venomous and poisonous humans?