10 Books That Anyone Who Cares About Science Needs to Read
2. Zoobiquity - Barbara Natterson-Horowitz And Kathryn Bowers
Preventive medicine isnt just for people. Keeping animals healthy ultimately helps keep humans healthy. - Barbara Natterson-Horowitz, Zoobiquity A somewhat unorthodox way of learning about human physiology is to not look at humans at all, but instead to take a look at their animal counterparts. Zoobiquity succeeds in the sometimes difficult task of convincing us humans that animals are not so different after all. The inspiration for the case that author Natterson-Horowitz is trying to portray comes about from her time as a cardiologist. She learned that animals at various Zoos suffer from almost identical illnesses to that of humans and can be treated as such. In fact, the strange paradigms of health that modern medicine has discovered over the past few centuries have found bizarre trends to that of animal species. The book is cleverly laid out, being spread across 12 chapters, each with a specific ailment that affects humans and animals both. Whether it be the cases of OCD in dogs or Chlamydia in Koalas, the goal of this book is to bridge the gap between animal and human maladies, arguing as is quoted: Keeping animals healthy ultimately helps keep humans healthy.
