CHAPTER V

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THE SWEATING SICKNESS, 1485-1551.

The First invasion of the Sweat in 1485 237

The Second outbreak in 1508 243

The Third Sweat in 1517 245

The Fourth Sweat in 1528 250

Extension of the Fourth Sweat to the Continent in 1529 256

The Fifth Sweat in 1551 259

Antecedents of the English Sweat 265

Endemic Sweat of Normandy 271

Theory of the English Sweat 273

Extinction of the Sweat in England 279

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