J. F. C. (Justus Friedrich Carl) Hecker
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 Epidemics of the Middle Ages
"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 epi...
By J. F. C. (Justus Friedrich Carl) Hecker
The Black Death, and The Dancing Mania
"The Black Death and The Dancing Mania" by J. F. C. Hecker is a historical account written in the early 19th century. This work delves into two signif...
By J. F. C. (Justus Friedrich Carl) Hecker
The Black Death in the Fourteenth Century
"The Black Death in the Fourteenth Century" by J. F. C. Hecker is a historical account written in the early 19th century. This work delves into one of...
By J. F. C. (Justus Friedrich Carl) Hecker