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A Fever in Salem - A New Interpretation of the New England Witch Trials (Paperback, New ed)
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A Fever in Salem - A New Interpretation of the New England Witch Trials (Paperback, New ed)
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In the late winter and early spring of 1692, residents of Salem
Village, Massachusetts, began to suffer from strange physical and
mental maladies. The randomness of the victims, and unusual
symptoms that were seldom duplicated, led residents to suspect an
otherworldly menace. Their suspicions and fears eventually prompted
the infamous Salem Witch Trials. While most historians have
concentrated their efforts on the accused, Laurie Winn Carlson, A
Fever in Salem focuses on the afflicted. What were the
characteristics of a typical victim? Why did the symptoms occur
when and where they did? What natural explanation could be given
for symptoms that included hallucinations, convulsions, and
psychosis, often resulting in death? Ms. Carlson offers an
innovative, well-grounded explanation of witchcraft's link to
organic illness. Systematically comparing the symptoms recorded in
colonial diaries and court records to those of the encephalitis
epidemic in the early twentieth century, she argues convincingly
that the victims suffered from the same disease, and she offers
persuasive evidence for organic explanations of other witchcraft
victims throughout New England as well as in Europe. A Fever in
Salem is a provocative reinterpretation of one of America's
strangest moments, and a refreshing departure from widely accepted
Freudian explanations of witchcraft persecution.
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