WHITE WATER and BLACK MAGIC Richard Gill Armed Services Edition 1110

Description: BLACK MAGIC and modern medical science come together in this extraordinary story. Curare, deadly poison of the Upper Amazon Indians, was actually a jungle monopoly until Richard Gill became a medicine man. He knew the Indians, liked them, was entrusted with the secrets of their black magic—even the closely-guarded one of their preparation of curare—but it was not until he was prostrate from spastic paralysis that he realized the value of this knowledge. The specialist who treated Gill could only regret the lack of that drug, which could have ended those long, motionless months. None was available—even in amounts adequate for research or therapy. In an unforgettable chapter Gill recounts his slow recovery—the endless process of retraining his muscles to walk and ride so that he could ultimately get back into the jungle. This lime he brought back enough curare for large-scale medical research. This dramatic story ranks in medical history with the discovery of insulin; but it is only part of the narrative, which describes the vast and little-known Ecuadorian hinterland of orchid-lined trails and white-water rapids. This special edition of WHITE WATER AND BLACK MAGIC by Richard C. Gill has been made available to the Armed Force of the United States through as arrangement with the original publisher, Henry Holt and Company, New York. Editions for the Armed Services, Inc., a non-profit organization established by the Council on Books in Wartime

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