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A fever in Salem : a new interpretation of the New England witch trials / Laurie Winn Carlson.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Carlson, Laurie M., 1952-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Chicago : I.R. Dee, 1999.
Subjects:
Witchcraft > Massachusetts > Salem > History > 17th century.
Epidemic encephalitis > Massachusetts > Salem > History > 17th century.
Encephalitis, Epidemic > history > Massachusetts.
History of Medicine, 17th Cent. > Massachusetts.
Mental Disorders > history > Massachusetts.
Witchcraft > history > Massachusetts.
Table of Contents:
  • 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.

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