Books with author David Walser

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For all cat lovers, their behavior is both fascinating and frustrating.We think we understand them, but we do not.We think we own them, but they own us.We are like lovers who are constantly rebuffed and rejected because their main characteristic is indifference.We struggle with, and seek to break down, that indifference.Within the routine of places to sleep and things to eat, their lives proceed in slow, stately equanimity.So their languid self-possession becomes an emotional magnet for our affection.We flatter ourselves that we do know how they think, and even what motivates them.But the plain fact is that we have barely a clue.This book offers a few sketchy suggestions for the rules which govern their lives.

For all cat lovers, their behavior is both fascinating and frustrating. We think we understand them, but we do not. We think we own them, but they own us. We are like lovers who are constantly rebuffed and rejected because their main characteristic is indifference. We struggle with, and seek to break down, that indifference. Within the routine of places to sleep and things to eat, their lives proceed in slow, stately equanimity. So their languid self-possession becomes an emotional magnet for our affection. We flatter ourselves that we do know how they think, and even what motivates them. But the plain fact is that we have barely a clue. This book offers a few sketchy suggestions for the rules which govern their lives.

For all cat lovers, their behavior is both fascinating and frustrating. We think we understand them, but we do not. We think we own them, but they own us. We are like lovers who are constantly rebuffed and rejected because their main characteristic is indifference. We struggle with, and seek to break down, that indifference. Within the routine of places to sleep and things to eat, their lives proceed in slow, stately equanimity. So their languid self-possession becomes an emotional magnet for our affection. We flatter ourselves that we do know how they think, and even what motivates them. But the plain fact is that we have barely a clue. This book offers a few sketchy suggestions for the rules which govern their lives.

Excerpt from Diseases of the Skin, a Handbook: For Students and PractitionersOne other point referred to somewhat frequently in this book is the relation of various skin diseases to the vascular system. It has been the custom of some writers to refer the origin of a large number of cutaneous affections to the nervous system, in many cases without the support of a single clinical or pathological fact. On the other hand, the vascular system has been strangely neglected by dermatologists. From various observations the author concludes that abnormal vascular conditions, central or peripheral, lie at the bottom of a great many pathological Skin affections, more especially those of a chronic or recurrent nature. The skin is exposed to incessant traumatism, from which it recovers as a rule, provided the cutaneous circulation be healthy. When the balance Of the cutaneous circulation is disturbed, however, the power of physiological reaction is impaired or lost, and we have a per manent or chronic state of traumatic reaction. In old age, again, we have a marked Shrinkage of the cutaneous capillary circulation. When a similar change takes place prematurely, the skin suffers correspondingly in nutrition and power of resistance to traumatism of various kinds - biological, phy sical, chemical, and mechanical. Premature baldness, from this point of View, spells premature senility, with a shrunken and atrophic scalp.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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