Does Cannibalism Have Implications On Health?

First Reports

The first conversation about kuru in the Western ears happened from Australian administrators who were traveling through the lands of the Fore: “The first sign of impending death is a general debility which is followed by general weakness and inability to stand. The victim retires to her house. She is able to take a little nourishment but suffers from violent shivering. The next stage is that the victim lies down in the house and cannot take nourishment, and death eventually ensues.”- W. T. Brown