{"product_id":"9780896031111","title":"Laughing Death: The Untold Story of Kuru","description":"\u003ch1\u003eLaughing Death: The Untold Story of Kuru\u003c\/h1\u003e \u003ch2\u003eZigas, Vincent\u003c\/h2\u003e \u003cp\u003eIt has been a difficult, sometimes painful, story to tell in its entirety, but I have done my best to be accurate both in facts and in dates, for I feel that l owe the truth to the many who have become valued acquaintances, and sometimes friends. All these have constantly requested more news of my \"Green Dwelling\" and my discovery of a fatal neurological disease previously unknown to Western medicine. This book is for them, in lieu of letters that I ought to have written and did not. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eIt is also my concern to produce innocent amusement, unrestricted by canon or precedent, for those who require some relaxation from the fatigue generated by so many parasitic forms of life in this less than perfect world.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eMy peers, the medical scientists, who read this will realize that this book is neither a scientific treatise, nor a balance-sheet of all the achievements and failures of medical science, but a presentation of the major implications of the factors that continually determine our medical ethics - including some of the less prizeworthy drawbacks. \u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e \u003ch3\u003eDetails\u003c\/h3\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublished by: Humana\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublication Date: 1990-05-04\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFormat: Hardcover\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eISBN-13: 9780896031111\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDOI: 10.1007\/978-1-4612-4490-5\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDimensions: 235cm x155cm\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePages: 315\u003c\/p\u003e ","brand":"Humana Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47388675014796,"sku":"9780896031111","price":49.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9780896031111.jpg?v=1775758507","url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9780896031111","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}