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Epidemics of the Middle Ages by John Caius
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Justus Friedrich Carl Hecker was a German physician and medical writer, whose research focused on the history of epidemics, in a broad sense of the term that included pandemics like the Black Death as well as the group of social phenomena known as dancing mania. The Epidemics of the Middle Ages comprises three of his works -- The Black Death, The Dancing Mania, and The Sweating Sickness -- translated by the English epidemiologist Benjamin Guy Babington. Despite what the name of the book may suggest, the events it describes are not limited to the Middle Ages.The Black Death recounts the history of the bubonic plague in Europe, with particular attention to its cultural ramifications, such as the Flagellant movement and persecution of the Jews. The Dancing Mania describes mysterious social phenomena that occurred mainly in Europe between the 14th and 17th centuries, in which groups of people engaged in apparently uncontrollable dancing. The nature of the dancing mania continues to be a
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General Preface
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Hecker's Address to the Physicians of Germany
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The Black Death. Translator's Preface
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The Black Death. Preface
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The Black Death. Chapter I, General Observations
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The Black Death. Chapter II, The Disease
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The Black Death. Chapter III, Causes--Spread
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The Black Death. Chapter IV, Mortality
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The Black Death. Chapter V, Moral Effects
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The Black Death. Chapter VI, Physicians
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The Black Death. Appendix I, The Ancient Song of the Flagellants
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The Black Death. Appendix II, Examination of the Jews accused of poisoning the wells
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The Dancing Mania. Translator's Preface
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The Dancing Mania. Preface
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The Dancing Mania. Chapter I, Dancing Mania in Germany and the Netherlands
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The Dancing Mania. Chapter II, Dancing Mania in Italy
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The Dancing Mania. Chapter III, Dancing Mania in Abyssinia
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The Dancing Mania. Chapter IV, Sympathy
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The Dancing Mania. Appendix I, [LATIN] Extract from "Vita Gregorii XI," &c.
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The Dancing Mania. Appendix II, [LATIN] From "Chronicon Magnum," &c.
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The Dancing Mania. Appendix III, [GERMAN] From "Die Limburger Chronik," &c.
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The Dancing Mania. Appendix IV, [KÖLSCH] From "die Chronica van Coellen," &c.
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The Dancing Mania. Appendix V, From "an Account of Convulsive Diseases in Scotland," &c.
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The Dancing Mania. Appendix VI, Music for the Dance of the Tarantati, &c.
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The Sweating Sickness. Preface
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The Sweating Sickness. Chapter I, First Visitation. 1485
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The Sweating Sickness. Chapter II, Second Visitation. 1506
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The Sweating Sickness. Chapter III, Third Visitation. 1517
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The Sweating Sickness. Chapter IV, Fourth Visitation. 1528, 1529 (part 1)
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The Sweating Sickness. Chapter IV, Fourth Visitation. 1528, 1529 (part 2)
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The Sweating Sickness. Chapter IV, Fourth Visitation. 1528, 1529 (part 3)
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The Sweating Sickness. Chapter IV, Fourth Visitation. 1528, 1529 (part 4)
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The Sweating Sickness. Chapter V. Fifth Visitation. 1551
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The Sweating Sickness. Chapter VI. Sweating Sicknesses
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The Sweating Sickness. Appendix. A Boke, or Counseill against the Disease commonly called the Sweate, or Sweatyng Sicknesse. By Jhon Caius
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The Sweating Sickness. Appendix (continued)
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Justus Friedrich Carl Hecker was a German physician and medical writer, whose research focused on the history of epidemics, in a broad sense of the term that included pandemics like the Black Death as well as the group of social phenomena known as dancing mania. The Epidemics of the Middle Ages comprises three of his works -- The Black Death, The Dancing Mania, and The Sweating Sickness -- translated by the English epidemiologist Benjamin Guy Babington. Despite what the name of the book may suggest, the events it describes are not limited to the Middle Ages.The Black Death recounts the history of the bubonic plague in Europe, with particular attention to its cultural ramifications, such as the Flagellant movement and persecution of the Jews. The Dancing Mania describes mysterious social phenomena that occurred mainly in Europe between the 14th and 17th centuries, in which groups of people engaged in apparently uncontrollable dancing. The nature of the dancing mania continues to be a
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