Edward Bancroft's "torporific eels"

Perspectives in Biology and Medicine

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 61-79

  Finger, Stanley ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; EEL; ELECTRIC SHOCK; ELECTRICITY; FEVER; HEADACHE; LIFE EVENT; LITERATURE; MUSCLE; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SHIPPING; STROKE; TORPEDO; VETERINARY ANATOMY; ANIMAL; ART; ARTICLE; ELECTROPHORUS; GUYANA; HISTORY; PUBLIC FIGURE; UNITED STATES;

ANGUILLA ROSTRATA; ANIMALIA; ELECTROPHORUS ELECTRICUS; TORPEDINIDAE;

ANIMALS; CONNECTICUT; ELECTROPHORUS; FAMOUS PERSONS; GUYANA; HISTORY, 18TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; NATURAL HISTORY; PORTRAITS AS TOPIC;

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