PEARLY TOOTH Modern Embroidery Kit, DIY kit, Hand embroidery pattern - Tutorial in English. Intermediate The pictures and all the information on the strange and wonderful body parts inside of us were awesome! This book is, in my opinion, great for middlegrade and up: young adults and older. The history and word play in this book are absolutely wonderful, and I just pive to learn, so this book is right up my alley. It's not too graphic or too gross. it's just right, in my opinion. Anatomical Oddities was a fascinating look at some of the history and names behind both obscure and well-known features found within the human body. The commentary and the art make for a unique tour through the anatomical landscape. As someone who taught Anatomy for over six years, the information was on point, and learning the meaning behind the words we use to describe the many features of our internal organs was one of the best aspects of this book. The process of human evolution has resulted in bodies that are optimized for successful reproduction and child-rearing but are not necessarily designed for healthy, long lives. Thank you, Alice Roberts and NetGalley, for the ARC. I leave this review voluntarily and happily. Also, thank you publishers for your hard work!

If humans were built primarily for longevity and perpetual health, our anatomies and even our bodies' molecular processes would look very different than they currently do. I find the origins of words (especially medical terminology) super interesting so to read how certain words were devised and what they were derived from really added to the depth of the information. Not only is there a wide range of anatomical terms, body parts and info included but some great facts and intriguing science. I found this volume to be interesting both because of my interest in human anatomy—I have worked in healthcare in a variety of roles—and my desire for continued learning.

Gorgeous and full of wise quotes and stories that we would all do well to heed in today’s crazy world.”—Jim Al-Khalili

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The good doctor was inclined to help even the most hopeless of cases; those with drastic disfigurements that most people considered "monsters." He also became renowned for his knowledge and ability to treat rare conditions, and he would be the first surgeon in the United States to administer anesthesia to patients. Antikamnia Calendar 1889 - Skeleton Medical Decor Anatomical Home Decorating Weird Poster Funny Illustration Medical Poster t Wall Art Buried is a tender, fascinating act of listening—of listening to the tales the dead have to tell us about the landscapes we share with them, the histories we have constructed around them, and the futures we imagine for ourselves. Lucid and illuminating.”—Robert Macfarlane Praise“Highlights the amazing abilities of the human body.. . .Asa compendium of anatomical trivia, this entertains.” —Publishers Weekly

Dr. Alice Roberts brings her artistic talents and her deep knowledge of science and medicine to her illustrated book Anatomical Anomalies. Roberts . . . finds that our uniqueness is often more complicated and surprising than we could have imagined.”—Forbes Taxidermy bat Preserved Hanging Bat in Wood Top Jar, natural history dead animal framed bat oddity curiosity zoo bug insect zoology gift 2Image credit: Jacques Fabien Gautier D’Agoty. Paris, 1773. Colored mezzotint. National Library of Medicine) This book presented me with new ways to remember information about the body structures described as well as intriguing facts about each featured-and perhaps less well known-anatomical part. O! How an art-full, word-mad book about the body can exercise the mind.”—from the foreword by Holly Dunsworth There are countless other aspects of human biology that would merit modification if health and longevity were nature's primary objective. For example, gerontologists theorize that aging is caused, in part, by a combination of the molecular damage that inevitably arises from operating the machinery of life within cells and the imperfect mechanisms for molecular surveillance, maintenance and repair that permit damage to accumulate over time. If this view of the aging process is correct, then modifying these molecular processes to lessen the severity or accumulation of damage, or to enhance the maintenance and repair processes, should have a beneficial impact on health and longevity. These wondrous modifications, however, would have little effect unless the common sense that is needed to avoid destructive lifestyles becomes more widespread among people. This book was both informative and amusing. The focus was on body parts and structures we seldom think of. Especially the artwork, both on the cover and between chapters of the book were illustrative, artistic, and often amusing. Throughout the book, the origins of anatomical words is spelled out in detail, with Greek, Latin, Proto-Indo-European, and a few others. The author makes comments about the words and what they mean, in the most amusing ways. This is certainly anything but a dry textbook of anatomy!