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Journal, 1955-1957, Australia and New Guinea : virology to autoimmunology, ethnopediatrics to Kuru, enchantment by Melanesians, politics of science, October 1955 to December 31, 1957

Title
Journal, 1955-1957, Australia and New Guinea : virology to autoimmunology, ethnopediatrics to Kuru, enchantment by Melanesians, politics of science, October 1955 to December 31, 1957 / D. Carleton Gajdusek.
Author
Gajdusek, D. Carleton (Daniel Carleton), 1923-2008.
Publication
Bethesda, Md. : Laboratory of Central Nervous System Studies, NINDS, Study of Child Growth and Development and Behavior and Disease Patterns in Primitive and Isolated Cultures, Laboratory for the Study of Slow, Latent and Temperate Virus Infections, National Institutes of Health, 1996.

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Description
2 v. in 1. : ill., maps; 29 cm.
Alternative Title
  • Australia and New Guinea journals, 1955-1957, October 1955 to December 31, 1957
  • Journal, October 1955-December 31, 1957
Subject
  • Gajdusek, D. Carleton 1923-2008 > Diaries
  • Gajdusek, D. Carleton 1923-2008 > Travel > Indo-Australian Region
  • Medical geography > Indo-Australian Region
  • Kuru
  • Virologists > United States > Diaries
  • Indo-Australian Region > Description and travel
Genre/Form
Diaries.
Note
  • "December 1996"--T.p. verso.
  • Vol. 2 was originally published in 1963.
  • Vol. 2 includes reprints of the first three published medical communications on kuru.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Contents
v. 1. 1955-1957 Journal and field notes : Australia, Territory of Papua and Trust Territory of New Guinea : with expeditions to the Cape York aborigines and the West Nakanai, Mangsing and Mamusi of New Britain and the Orakaiva of Papua and the initiation of kuru investigation in New Guinea, October 1955 to April 21, 1957 -- v. 2. Kuru epidemiological patrol from the New Guinea highlands to Papua, August 21, 1957 to November 10, 1957.
OCLC
  • ocm36941479
  • SCSB-1125048
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library