In 1518, in a small town in France, Frau Troffea began dancing and
didn't stop. She danced herself to her death six days later, and
soon thirty-four more villagers joined her. Then more. In a month
more than 400 people had died from the mysterious dancing plague.
In late-nineteenth-century England an eccentric gentleman founded
the No Nose Club in his gracious townhome--a social club for those
who had lost their noses, and other body parts, to the plague of
syphilis for which there was then no cure. And in
turn-of-the-century New York, an Irish cook caused two lethal
outbreaks of typhoid fever, a case that transformed her into the
notorious Typhoid Mary and led to historic medical breakthroughs.
Throughout time, humans have been terrified and fascinated by the
plagues they've suffered from. Get Well Soon delivers the gruesome,
morbid details of some of the worst plagues in human history, as
well as stories of the heroic figures who fought to ease their
suffering. With her signature mix of in-depth research and upbeat
storytelling, and not a little dark humour, Jennifer Wright
explores history's most gripping and deadly outbreaks.
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