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The collectors of lost souls

by Warwick Anderson

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This account of medical detective work traces the story of kuru, a fatal brain disease, and the pioneering scientists who spent decades searching for its cause.

BiographyBiomedical ResearchCannibalismDiseasesFore (Papua New Guinean people)Funeral RitesHistoryHistory, 20th CenturyKuruNeurologistsVirologistsNeurologists, biography