The collectors of lost souls : turning Kuru scientists into whitemen / Warwick Anderson.

  • Anderson, Warwick, 1958-
Date:
2008
  • Books

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Publication/Creation

Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2008.

Physical description

318 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

Bibliographic information

Includes bibliographical references (p. [281]-310) and index.

Contents

The disease Europeans catch from Kuru -- Stranger relations -- Portrait of the scientist as a young man -- A contemptuous tenderness -- The scientist and his magic -- Hearts of darkness -- Specimen days -- We were their people -- Stumbling along the tortuous road -- Dénouement was a bit difficult.

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  • LocationStatus
    History of Medicine
    FQ.223
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ISBN

  • 9780801890406
  • 0801890403