Ages before the dawn of modern medicine, wild animals were harnessing the power of nature鈥檚 pharmacy to heal themselves. Doctors by Nature reveals what researchers are now learning about the medical wonders of the animal world. In this visionary book, Jaap de Roode argues that we have underestimated the healing potential of nature for too long and shows how the study of self-medicating animals could impact the practice of human medicine.
In the following videos, Jaap de Roode introduces his book and answers questions about animal healing.
Why this book?
Do you have any favorite chapters?
Can you share another example of animals healing themselves?
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Jaap de Roode is Samuel Candler Dobbs Professor of Biology at Emory University, where he is director of the Infectious Diseases across Scales Training Program, which trains graduate students in interdisciplinary science to study and control infectious disease.