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THE ECOLOGY, EXPLOITATION AND CONSERVATION OF RIVER TURTLES By Don Moll & Edward O. Moll. Oxford University Press, 2004. Hardbound 1st ed. 393pp
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Chinese Poisonous Snakes and the Prevention and Cure of Snakebites
西吉艾艾伊娜伊 艾勒艾娜勒艾勒屁娜 娜艾诶艾伊娜

Compiled by a committee of the same name. Pub. Peoples Publishing Co. Number 4, Shanghai, PRC 1974.

p.iii Quotation from Chairman Mao Zedong on nature and natural resources.

p. 1 Preface: States there are 47 species of poisonous snakes in China. Writing committee composed of medical schools, Pharmaceutical Co. Nat. History Museums, Research Institutes, etc.

Table of Contents:
1. Intro to snakes p.1
2. Chinese poisionous snakes p.45
3. Differences between poisonous and non-poisonous snakes p. 97
4. The poison of snakes p. 111
5. How to prevent snakebite p. 161
6. Diagnosis of poisonous snakebites p. 168
7. Treatment and cure of poisonous snakebites p. 192
8. Care of patients and side effects p. 211
9. Common Chinese medicines used for snakebites p. 252
10. Capture and rearing of poisonous snakes p. 308

Appendices: Checklist and key to poisonous snakes of China p. 327 Listing of medicines and chemicals giving Chinese names and English equivalents p. 346

Size 184 x 130 mm, 20 pages of color plates, few in-text illustrations, and 1 color plate after p. 306. Good condition overall. Paperbound. Spine has a vintage Dymo embossed label applied to spine "Poisonous Snakes of China." Limited to 100k copies distributed mostly to med schools and the Peoples Health Bureaus throughout China. Includes "modern" and traditional botanical cures for snakebite. Very uncommon in Western collections. Includes a page of bibliographic notes in English, inserted loosely. NOTE: written almost entirely in Mao's simplified Chinese glyphs, with some Latin binomial taxonomic names. Some pharmaceutical names in English

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Meteorites and the Origin of Planets by John Wood. 1968. paperback. 117pp. Good condition X-library with usual markings. $6.79 postpaid Media Mail to US address. PayPal preferred.