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The Black Death, and The Dancing Mania

J. F. C. (Justus Friedrich Carl) Hecker · Henry Morley · B. G. (Benjamin Guy) Babington

FormatEbook
Published1999
Words43,291
LanguageEnglish
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This work studies two epidemic phenomena of medieval Europe: the fourteenth-century plague known as the Black Death and the outbreaks of compulsive dancing called the Dancing Mania. It suits readers interested in the history of medicine, disease, and social responses to epidemics.

J. F. C. (Justus Friedrich Carl) Hecker

J. F. C. Hecker (1795–1850) was a German physician and medical historian active in the first half of the 19th century. He is best known for his studies of epidemic diseases in the Middle Ages, notably his work on the Black Death and the dancing mania.

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