Kuru Sorcery: Disease and Danger in the New Guinea Highlands

By (author): "L.L. Langness, Robert B. Edgerton, Shirley Lindenbaum"

Genres:Nonfiction books Anthropology books Health books

Kuru Sorcery: Disease and Danger in the New Guinea Highlands

ISBN0874843626

ISBN139780874843620

AsinKuru Sorcery: Disease and Danger in the New Guinea Highlands

Original titleKuru Sorcery: Disease and Danger in the New Guinea Highlands

Kuru, a fatal neurological disease thought to be transmitted through cannibalism, is examined in the Fore, a New Guinea people afflicted with the disease, who believe it to be caused by sorcery. The author also discusses Fore beliefs about diagnosis and prevention of other diseases.