Kuru memories from 1957
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These and other letters, including a letter from Dr L. I. Taft reporting on the first brain the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute (WEHI) received, are not included in the published Gajdusek correspondence of the early days. 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. One can only suggest that it can be described as Encephalitis Lethargica, that it is endemic in the regions, and that its epidemiology requires further investigation. I am wondering whether this would be in your line of work and whether you would be interested in undertaking the investigation.’ Anderson replied on 12th February: THE WALTER AND ELIZA HALL INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH
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