[UA] Cannibalism

[Unseenlibrarian at aol.com]

In a message dated 9/19/03 12:31:39 PM Central Daylight Time, 
omnimancer at yahoo.com writes:


> 
> I don't know about this stinkiness, but I do know for sure that there is a 
> particular virus or
> disease that can only be contracted from eating human brains. A plague was 
> decimating an Amazonian
> village when they discovered that the tribe's warriors were performing 
> cannibalistic acts in
> secret. The doctor's could tell of this activity because of the presence of 
> that one little bug.

Huh. Only cannibalism related illness I know of is kuru. It's a prion, that 
comes from eating human brains. Also called "Laughing sickness." But it's not 
generally associated with men, but with women and children in societies where 
cannibalism is regularly practiced; the brains are leftovers.

Phil

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