Project Gutenberg 2020-09-19 Public domain in the USA. 1238 Hecker, J. F. C. (Justus Friedrich Carl) 1795 1850 Hecker, Justus Friedrich Karl Hecker, I. F. C. Hecker, Justus Friedrich Carl Caius, John 1510 1573 Caius, Iohannes Kaye, John Key, John Kees, John Kay, John Keye, John Cay, John Keys, John Babington, B. G. (Benjamin Guy) 1794 1866 Babington, Benjamin Guy The Epidemics of the Middle Ages Produced by Turgut Dincer, Robert Tonsing, Linda Cantoni and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) "The Epidemics of the Middle Ages" by J. F. C. Hecker is a historical account written in the mid-19th century. The book examines three significant epidemics—primarily the Black Death, alongside the Dancing Mania and Sweating Sickness—that ravaged Europe during the Middle Ages. Hecker attempts to illuminate the public health impacts and the societal reactions to these vast calamities, reflecting on the interplay between medical understanding and human behavior during these times. The opening of the book sets the stage for a detailed exploration of the Black Death, one of the deadliest pandemics in history. Hecker begins by reflecting on the historical context of this epidemic, emphasizing the ignorance and superstition that clouded public perception of disease during the Middle Ages. The introductory sections describe the horrific symptoms of the plague, the widespread fear it engendered, and the inadequate responses by medical authorities. Hecker calls for a comprehensive historical study of epidemics as a means to better understand how society might combat similar crises in the future, thereby linking the lessons of the past to contemporary medical science and public health policy. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 53.6 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read. en Black Death Epidemics -- History Hysteria, Epidemic RA Text Category: History - Medieval/Middle Ages Category: Health & Medicine 1272039 2025-07-25T06:59:31.658441 text/html 1268461 2020-09-18T18:57:46 text/html 2553074 2025-07-25T06:59:48.464351 application/epub+zip 2561522 2025-07-25T06:59:34.597418 application/epub+zip 551699 2025-07-25T06:59:33.067422 application/epub+zip 2872875 2025-07-25T06:59:58.067349 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 2838153 2025-07-25T06:59:46.639356 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 829412 2022-09-28T13:53:50.715032 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1111220 2025-07-25T06:59:29.369473 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 1111569 2020-09-18T18:56:14 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 20826 2025-07-25T06:59:58.234298 application/rdf+xml 19131 2025-07-25T06:59:33.267426 image/jpeg 3133 2025-07-25T06:59:33.169424 image/jpeg 391256 2020-09-18T18:59:48 application/octet-stream application/zip 2963582 2020-09-18T18:59:48 application/octet-stream application/zip 3013169 2025-07-25T06:59:31.796473 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia en.wikipedia en.wikipedia