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The Black Death and the Dancing Mania
Justus Friedrich Karl Hecker was a German physician and medical writer, whose works appear in medical encyclopaedias and journals of the time. He particularly studied disease in relation to human history, including plague, smallpox, infant mortality, dancing mania and the sweating sickness, and is often said to have founded the study of the history of disease.The account of "The Black Death" here translated by Dr. Babington was Hecker's first important work of this kind. It was published in 1832, and was followed in the same year by his account of "The Dancing Mania." The books here given are the two that first gave Hecker a wide reputation.
The Black Death and the Dancing Mania
The Black Death and the Dancing Mania is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1888. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and other genres. As a publisher we focus on the preservation of historical literature. Many works of historical writers and scientists are available today as antiques only. Hansebooks newly publishes these books and contributes to the preservation of literature which has become rare and historical knowledge for the future.
The Black Death and the Dancing Mania
Justus Friedrich Karl Hecker was one of three generations of distinguished professors of medicine. This account of the Black Death was Hecker's first important work. It was published in 1832, and was followed in the same year by his account of the Dancing Mania. That Omnipotence which has called the world with all its living creatures into one animated being, revealed Himself in the desolation of The Black Death in the 14th century. Many millions died.The effects of this Black Death had not yet subsided, and the graves of millions of its victims were scarcely closed, when The Dancing Mania arose in Europe, which took possession of the minds of men, and, in spite of the divinity of our nature, hurried away body and soul into the magic circle of hellish superstition. Assemblages of men and women formed circles hand in hand, and appearing to have lost all control over their senses, started dancing, regardless of the bystanders, for hours together, in wild delirium, until at length they fell to the ground in a state of exhaustion, or near-death.
The Epidemics of the Middle Ages
Hardcover reprint of the original 1859 edition - beautifully bound in brown cloth covers featuring titles stamped in gold, 8vo - 6x9". No adjustments have been made to the original text, giving readers the full antiquarian experience. For quality purposes, all text and images are printed as black and white. This item is printed on demand. Book Information: Hecker, J. F. C. (Justus Friedrich Carl). The Epidemics Of The Middle Ages. Indiana: Repressed Publishing LLC, 2012. Original Publishing: Hecker, J. F. C. (Justus Friedrich Carl). The Epidemics Of The Middle Ages, . London: Trbner & Co., 1859. Subject: Disease Outbreaks History
The Black Death
The ""Black Death"" was first published in 1832, it was written by J Hecker. It was then republished under a updated translation in 1888. Now 2020 Bonus Edition This story is the most complete story on the plague known as ""The Black Death"". Born Justus Friedrich Karl Hecker (5 January 1795, in Erfurt - 11 May 1850, in Berlin) was a German physician and medical writer. He extensively studied disease in relation to human history, including plague, smallpox, infant mortality, dancing mania and the sweating sickness, and is often said to have founded the study of the history of disease. Hecker included in his work the original instructions from the physicians who were attempting to save lives during the Black Plague. Those physician notes are included in the book. This book goes into detail on some of the radical decisions made in the world during the Black Plague. The Black Death, was the most fatal pandemic recorded in human history, resulting in the deaths of up to 75-200 million from 1347 to 1351.
The Epidemics of the Middle Ages
The Council of the Sydenham Society having deemed Hecker's three treatises on different Epidemics occurring in the Middle Ages worthy of being collected into a volume, and laid before its members in an English dress, I have felt much pleasure in presenting them with the copyright of the Black Death; in negociating for them, the purchase of that of the Dancing Mania, whereof I could resign only my share of a joint interest; and, in preparing for the press these productions, together with a translation, now for the first time made public, of the Sweating Sickness. This last work, from its greater length, and from the immediate relation of its chief subject to our own country, may be considered the most interesting and important of the series.
A History of the Apocalypse
Religion. For thousands of years this thing has dictated which people should live and which people should die, what shape our buildings should have or what colors our garments should contain, what food people should eat or what words people should speak. If religion is the opium of the masses, then beliefs about the end of the world are like overdoses. People touched by such beliefs no longer rely on a hidden, personal and intimate god, contemplated upon from the safe distance of the beating human heart. They live with the promise of divine intervention at a grand scale on the current coordinates of space and time. This can be an exceptional motivator and a game changer in terms of civil obedience, both at an individual and collective level. In the name of an immediate and palpable deity people can commit shocking cruelties. However, such belief can also account for some of the most exceptional social developments in human history.
