Arthur Johnson Memorial Library

Carlson, Laurie M.

A fever in Salem a new interpretation of the New England witch trials Laurie Winn Carlson - Chicago I.R. Dee 1999. - xvi, 197 p. 22 cm.

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

1566632536 (alk. paper)

99027520


Witchcraft--History--Massachusetts--Salem--17th century.
Epidemic encephalitis--History--Massachusetts--Salem--17th century.
Encephalitis, Arbovirus--history--Massachusetts.
History of Medicine, 17th Cent.--Massachusetts.
Mental Disorders--history--Massachusetts.
Witchcraft--history--Massachusetts.

BF1576 / .C37 1999

133.43097445 Car 7

1999 I-445 WC 542 / C284f 1999