‘We had to climb mountains and cross fast-flowing rivers’
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It was Dr Vincent Zigas who first started research into kuru and Dr Carleton Gajdusek joined him later. Vincent would drop us off and pick us up with his Landrover and we would patrol through the kuruaffected region with Carleton. Vincent was from Europe and we had great difficulty in understanding his Tok Pisin. He knew this, so he would purposely talk in a way that made us laugh. He was a good-natured man and was always reminding us to take care of Carleton when we were patrolling. When we patrolled with Carleton it was under difficult conditions; we had to climb mountains and cross fast-flowing rivers. When we approached some villages they tried to chase us away, threatening us with their bows and arrows. We would placate them by giving them salt and other small presents. The longest patrol that I took part in was to Menyamya via Agakamatasa, Dunkwi, Simbari and
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