The Black Death in the Fourteenth Century

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FROM THE GERMAN OF
I. F. C. HECKER, M. D.
PROFESSOR AT FREDERICK WILLIAM’S UNIVERSITY AT BERLIN, AND MEMBER OF VARIOUS LEARNED SOCIETIES IN BERLIN, BONN, COPENHAGEN, ERLANGEN, HANAU, LONDON, LYONS, METZ, NAPLES, NEW YORK, PHILADELPHIA AND ZURICK.
TRANSLATED BY
B. G. BABINGTON, M. D.