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Toronto illustrator Anita Kunz's image of a woman being invaded by twin serpents is featured on the cover of the new edition of Osler's Web, a gift of the artist.

Kunz was commissioned in 1987 by the editors at Rolling Stone magazine to illustrate my two part series, "Journey Into Fear," a front line report that described the emergence of M.E. in the United States in the middle 1980s. After reading my unpublished manuscript, Kunz painted this unforgettable, powerfully intuitive portrait. Her illustration was featured as a two-page spread in the magazine.

To learn more about the artistry of Anita Kunz, whose work regularly appears on the covers of Time, Newsweek, The New Yorker and other magazines, and who was named one of Canada's fifty most influential women, visit her one-line gallery.

---Hillary

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I am a man with CFS - and have been tested positively for XMRV, CMV and EBV this year. I have pretty much all the symptoms listed for this disease. I appreciate any efforts made towards dealing with the real cause of this and any possible cures or treatments. It's beyond me why the CDC defends their rediculous 'position' on this - unless it has to do with MONEY. Time will tell on that front. Let's hope we get past all the politics and get onto a cure!

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---Alex Chisholm

Why are we so lucky to have you battling for us Hillary? I am grateful and I know everyone with CFS is also. Thank you, thank you, thank you. I'm so glad you became one of the best investigative journalists and that you took up our cause. I read every word of Osler's Web, with my dictionary in hand and I felt completely validated and informed when I was through.

---Tracey (CFS sufferer of 25 years)

Awesome investigative journalism Your mother Ruth's drawing's along with your captions share a story and though you may feel you'll never make peace with what happened... I believe you will.

---Diana Saba 5/4/2009

That artwork is exactly how I feel. The portrayal is awesome. We have a CFS website and make Osler's Web required reading for everyone. Thank you for such an historical piece of stellar research.

---Khaly Castle