The Trembling Mountain

A Personal Account of Kuru, Cannibals, and Mad Cow Disease

By: Robert Klitzman

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Paperback | 1 October 2001 | Edition Number 1

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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 cannibalism, consuming the brains of their forebears during funerary feasts. Robert Klitzman helped establish the links between these rituals and kuru. What he discovered has provided keys to understanding the mysterious Mad Cow Disease, which may become the world's next major epidemic. Robert Klitzman was 21 years old when he was invited by the Nobel prize-winning scientist Dr. Carleton Gajdusek, then at the National Institutes of Health, to conduct original research on kuru. Seizing the chance to travel to the other end of the world, Klitzman embarked on an adventure that would change his life.

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Preface	p. ix
Beefeaters	p. 3
Fort Detrick	p. 11
Goroka!	p. 27
A Man of Crossing Rivers on Trees	p. 47
What Do I Have to Do to Be Saved?	p. 85
Butter	p. 95
Talk Place	p. 119
Turn Talks	p. 127
The Last Thing You Can See	p. 141
Feasts	p. 159
Sorcerers	p. 163
Dinosaurs	p. 171
Wires	p. 175
Grease	p. 185
Cargo	p. 189
Missions	p. 195
Tribal Warfare	p. 201
Peaks	p. 213
Coasts	p. 227
Floating Islands	p. 241
The Island That Ate the Girl	p. 267
Coming of Age	p. 271
Culture Shocks	p. 285
Mad Cows	p. 291
Where I'm from	p. 297
Index	p. 323
Acknowledgments	p. 331
About the Author	p. 333
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A Personal Account of Kuru, Cannibals, and Mad Cow Disease

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