{"product_id":"the-collectors-of-lost-souls-9781421433608","title":"The Collectors of Lost Souls","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis riveting 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 and cure.   Winner, William H. Welch Medal, American Association for the History of MedicineWinner, Ludwik Fleck Prize, Society for Social Studies of ScienceWinner, General History Award, New South Wales Premier's History AwardsWhen whites first encountered the Fore people in the isolated highlands of colonial New Guinea during the 1940s and 1950s, they found a people in the grip of a bizarre epidemic. Women and children succumbed to muscle weakness, uncontrollable tremors, and lack of coordination, until death inevitably supervened. Facing extinction, the Fore attributed their unique and terrifying affliction to a particularly malign form of sorcery.   In The Collectors of Lost Souls, Warwick Anderson tells the story of the resilience of the Fore through this devastating plague, their transformation into modern people,\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreface to the Updated Edition\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction. The Disease Europeans Catch from Kuru\u003cbr\u003eChapter 1. Stranger Relations\u003cbr\u003eChapter 2. Portrait of the Scientist as a Young Man \u003cbr\u003eChapter 3. A Contemptuous Tenderness \u003cbr\u003eChapter 4. The Scientist and His Magic \u003cbr\u003eChapter 5. Hearts of Darkness \u003cbr\u003eChapter 6. Specimen Days \u003cbr\u003eChapter 7. We Were Their People \u003cbr\u003eChapter 8. Stumbling along the Tortuous Road \u003cbr\u003eConclusion. Dénouement Was a Bit Difficult \u003cbr\u003eAfterword\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments \u003cbr\u003eList of Abbreviations \u003cbr\u003eNotes \u003cbr\u003eBibliography \u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Johns Hopkins University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48866939765079,"sku":"9781421433608","price":27.45,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781421433608.jpg?v=1722280999","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-collectors-of-lost-souls-9781421433608","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}