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Ronald E. Pust, MD
Tucson, Ariz

JAMA. 1999;281:215-216.

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Dusk. It descends suddenly, decisively, in the tropics, a silent, cosmic curfew delimiting day and its labor from darkness and its repose. As certain in the hospital as in the village, sunset signals a respite from rounds and operating rooms. So why the commotion as we arrive at the door of Tari District Hospital? An entire Huli clan, always colorful but now also uncommonly concerned, is clamoring for . . . what?

Dawn. It had come clear and cool to Papua New Guinea on the 13th anniversary of its independence—at least in the Southern Highlands. Leaving the other two physicians at the hospital in the Tari Valley below, I had greeted this dawn in the mountain rain forest at 8200 feet. We had gone, half a dozen Huli and expatriate friends and I, hoping to sight the elusive bird-of-paradise. Clouds and fog shrouded the valley of . . . [Full Text of this Article]