Abstract
The historic letter written by Vin Zigas to John Gunther on Christmas Day 1956 generated a quick reply as follows. 7th January 1957 GUNTHER to ZIGAS Dear Dr Zigas Thank you for your extremely interesting report. I hope you will concentrate every effort on eradicating the disease. I am going to
Highlights
The historic letter written by Vin Zigas to John Gunther on Christmas Day 1956 generated a quick reply as follows
GUNTHER to ANDERSON Dear Dr Anderson I have just received a letter from Dr Zigas describing an epidemic of an encephalitic-like disease at Okapa
On 4th February, John Gunther sent another letter to Gray Anderson in which he wrote, ‘The Government Anthropologist has visited Fore and informs me the Administration is losing prestige because of its inability to meet the sorcery, Kuru
Summary
The historic letter written by Vin Zigas to John Gunther on Christmas Day 1956 generated a quick reply as follows. He informs me he sent a brain and blood samples to you. On 4th February, John Gunther sent another letter to Gray Anderson in which he wrote, ‘The Government Anthropologist has visited Fore and informs me the Administration is losing prestige because of its inability to meet the sorcery, Kuru. He further gave me a description of the disease which appears to be much like that presented by Dr Zigas.
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