Re: About the sickness

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: Yes!  I would love to know, too!!  (I am starting to be a history-of-medicine buff.  If you are interested, I will share some wisdom from my 1872 physiology book every now and then...one of my favorites is "Bad air begets disease and disease begets death.")
: Diana, isn't there also a theory about a fungus growing in the grain that the women made bread with - ergot is the name maybe - that made the women hallucinate?
: Interested!
: Sarah K. M.

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: : > Hi:

: : > Just as a side note, I read a book earlier this year by a historian who studied what was going on in 1692 from a medical perspective.  (Off the top of my head I don't remember the name of the book; I'll have to retreive it from my stack of books read if you are interested).  She speculates that the sicknesses were caused by a form of encephalitis lethargia.  It was transmitted by mosquitoes, ticks, & fleas onto cows (the young women usually milked the cows), deer and birds.

: : > It made for some interesting reading.

: : > Diana

: : Hi Diana:

: : It does sound like an interesting book and one that I would like to read.  When you find out the name, post it on the board or email it to me.

: : Thanks.

: : Best wishes,
: : Goody Sandy


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