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A fever in Salem

by Carlson, Laurie M.
Published by : I.R. Dee (Chicago ) Physical details: xvi, 197 p. 22 cm. ISBN:1566632536 (alk. paper). Year: 1999
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 183-188) and index.

The witch craze in seventeenth-century New England -- The afflicted -- The response -- Mental illness and the persecution of witches -- The forgotten epidemic -- What happened at Salem? -- Alternative outcomes -- Could encephalitis lethargica return? -- Satanic possession and Christian beliefs.

A reinterpretation of the events in Salem in 1692 reveals a medical cause for the strange symptoms that afflicted Salem residents and that were explained at the time as evidence of witchcraft

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