The trembling mountain : a personal account of kuru, cannibals, and mad cow disease / Robert Klitzma...
The trembling mountain : a personal account of kuru, cannibals, and mad cow disease / Robert Klitzma...
The trembling mountain : a personal account of kuru, cannibals, and mad cow disease / Robert Klitzman.
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Publisher
New York : Plenum Trade, c1998.
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N616.8/33
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Language
English
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Physical content
ix, 333 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Publication information
Publisher
New York : Plenum Trade, c1998.
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
c1998.
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Summary
Kuru, like Mad Cow disease, is caused by a rare, infectious crystal protein that invades and colonizes human cells, destroying the nervous system of its victims. There is no known cure. It flourished in one of the remotest places on earth, Papua New Guinea, among the Fore, a people living in the Stone Age, who until recently practiced ritual cannib...
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The trembling mountain : a personal account of kuru, cannibals, and mad cow disease / Robert Klitzman.
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Includes index.
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c1998.
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N616.8/33
Record Identifier
74VM0ERl4xxZ
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VM0ERl4xxZ
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ISBN
030645792X
DDC
616.8
MMS ID
991001781199702626
