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Bones - Inside and Out (Paperback)
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Bones - Inside and Out (Paperback)
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Loot Price R427
Discovery Miles 4 270
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Bone is ubiquitous and versatile, and uniquely repairs itself
without scarring. However, we rarely see bone in its living
state-and even then, mostly in two-tone images that only hint at
its marvels. After it serves and protects vertebrate lives, bone
reveals itself in surprising ways, sometimes hundreds of millions
of years later. In Bones, orthopaedic surgeon Roy Meals explores
and extols this amazing material that both supports and records
vertebrate life. He demystifies the biological makeup of bones; how
they grow, break and heal; and how medical innovations-from the
first X-rays to advanced surgical techniques-enhance our lives.
With enthusiasm and humour, Meals also reveals the enduring
presence of bone outside the body-as fossils, ossuaries, tools,
musical instruments-and celebrates allusions to bone in history,
religion and idiom. Approachable and entertaining, Bones richly
illuminates our bodies' essential framework.
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