Bitten: True Medical Stories of Bites and Stings, (Paperback)

from seldombites

Definitely not for the sqeamish, this book covers various types of bites and stings from around the world, and provides graphic case studies for each one. From spiders to mosquitos, from snakes to dogs, Bitten tells us exactly how each type of bite or sting affects humans and why. By the time you...

from Helcura

This book is like a tray of hors d'oeuvres, lots of tasty little bites of things and a few that you would really like an entire plate of. Covering medical cases of things that bite from ants to humans, it has brief interesting case histories and easily understood explanations of symptoms and trea...

from slug9000

This book started out very strongly, with chapters on spiders and snakes. I read these sections with horrified amazement. I will echo what another reader said: Do not read the first few chapters in this book in bed. My legs were itching ten minutes in. The book covers a lot of creatures that can ...

from setnahkt

Berton Roueche used to write articles for the New Yorker under the general title of “Tales of Medical Detection”. This book is in a similar vein; not an encyclopedia treatment of bites, but a series of connected anecdotes. (In fact, author Dr. Pamela Nagami references Roueche's article about rabi...