The Black Death, and The Dancing Mania
by J. F. C. Hecker
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About this eBook
- Author
- Hecker, J. F. C. (Justus Friedrich Carl), 1795-1850
- Credits
- Transcribed from the 1888 Cassell & Company edition by Jane Duff, proofed by David Price
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- RC: Medicine: Internal medicine
- Subject
- Epidemics
- Category
- Text
- eBook-No.
- 1739
- Project Gutenberg
- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1739
- Release Date
- May 1, 1999
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.The Black Death and The Dancing Mania.
- 2.INTRODUCTION
- 3.THE BLACK DEATH — CHAPTER I—GENERAL OBSERVATIONS — CHAPTER II—THE DISEASE — CHAPTER III—CAUSES—SPREAD — CHAPTER IV—MORTALITY — CHAPTER V—MORAL EFFECTS — CHAPTER VI—PHYSICIANS
- 4.THE DANCING MANIA — CHAPTER I—THE DANCING MANIA IN GERMANY AND THE NETHERLANDS — SECT. 1—ST. JOHN’S DANCE — SECT. 2—ST. VITUS’S DANCE — SECT. 3—CAUSES — SECT. 4—MORE ANCIENT DANCING PLAGUES — SECT. 5—PHYSICIANS — SECT. 6—DECLINE AND TERMINATION OF THE DANCING PLAGUE — CHAPTER II—THE DANCING MANIA IN ITALY — SECT. 1—TARANTISM — SECT. 2—MOST ANCIENT TRACES—CAUSES — SECT. 3—INCREASE — SECT. 4—IDIOSYNCRASIES—MUSIC — SECT. 5—HYSTERIA — SECT. 6—DECREASE — CHAPTER III—THE DANCING MANIA IN ABYSSINIA — SECT. 1—TIGRETIER — CHAPTER IV—SYMPATHY
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