The family that couldn't sleep: a medical mystery

Alone in the night. Doctors' dilemma, Venice, 1765

Merino mania, England, 1772

Pietro, the Veneto, 1943

Pushing back the dark. Strong magic, Papua New Guinea, 1947

Docta America, Papua New Guinea, 1957

Monkey business, Bethesda, Maryland, 1965

Boh!, the Veneto, 1973

Wonderful problem for a chemist, San Francisco, late 1970s to early 1980s

Convergence, the Veneto, 1983

Nature pushes back. Apocalypse cow, Britain, 1986

Oinkies, Britain, 1996

World according to prions, United States/Britain, 1970s to present day

Did man eat man?, Worldwide, 8000,000 B.C.E.

Coming to America?, United States, present day

Awakenings. For the victims of fatal familial insomnia, the Veneto, present day

Afterword. Note on the author.