Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents v
3. Introduction ix
4. Field Notes on Hair 1
5. Gray Area: Thinking with a Damaged Brain 10
6. The Aquatic Ape Hypothesis, or How I Learned to Love My Paranasal Sinuses 26
7. Looking Back 35
8. Elective 44
9. Speaking of Ears and Savagery 58
10. A Living Structure 73
11. The Spine 85
12. Drawing a Breath 93
13. Shock to the Heart, Or: A Primer on the Practical Applications of Electricity 103
14. Blood Type 119
15. Mos Teutonicus 141
16. Wolf Biter 157
17. The Private Life of Skin 169
18. Beautiful Flesh 189
19. The Belly of Desire 194
20. The Population of Me 205
21. Pre-vasectomy Instruction No. 7 210
22. Taking Shape 227
23. Once, Then 239
24. Contributors 241
25. Permissions 245
26. Acknowledgments 248