Pests of Paradise : : First Aid and Medical Treatment of Injuries from Hawai'i's Animals / / Susan Scott, Craig Thomas.
Do earwigs really crawl into people's ears? Is the sting of a Hawaiian scorpion medically dangerous? What is leptospirosis, and how can we avoid it? Pests of Paradise, a carefully researched and well-illustrated reference book about injuries and infections from animals found in Hawai'i, an...
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Hawaii Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2015 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Honolulu : : University of Hawaii Press, , [2023] ©2000 |
| Year of Publication: | 2023 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (204 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- CONTENTS
- PREFACE
- Quick Guide to Injuries from Hawai'i's Animals
- Quick Guide to Hawai'i's Animal-Caused Diseases
- Part 1 Injuries from Animals
- ANT BITES AND STINGS
- BEDBUG BITES
- BEE STINGS
- BOTFLY INFESTATIONS
- CAT BITES AND SCRATCHES
- CENTIPEDE STINGS
- COCKROACH EAR INVASIONS AND ALLERGIES
- DOG BITES
- EARWIG EAR INVASIONS
- FLEA BITES
- FLY BITES AND CONTAMINATION
- FROG SECRETIONS
- KISSING BUG BITES
- LICE INFESTATIONS
- MILLIPEDE SPRAY
- MITE BITES AND ALLERGIES
- MOSQUITO BITES
- SCORPION STINGS
- SPIDER BITES
- TICK BITES
- TOAD SECRETIONS
- WASP STINGS
- WORM INFESTATIONS
- WOUND CARE
- Part 2 Animal-Caused Diseases
- BRUCELLOSIS (Undulant Fever)
- EOSINOPHILIC MENINGITIS
- LAYSAN FEVER
- LEPTOSPIROSIS
- MURINE TYPHUS
- TRICHINOSIS
- NOTES AND REFERENCES
- BIBLIOGRAPHY
- INDEX
- ABOUT THE AUTHORS