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Date startStart date of the disease. 1418-08 +
Date endEnd date of the disease. +
SeasonSeason (spring, summer, fall or winter)
Date otherOther mentioned dates.
PlacePlace(s), city or location of the disease. Paris, Île-de-France
RegionHistorical region(s)
CountryCurrent country France
RiverMentioned river(s)
Natural eventMentioned natural event(s)
PersonMentioned persons(s)
GroupGroup(s) of people mentioned
VictimIndication of victims +
AnimalMentioned animal(s)
DiseaseMentioned disease(s) Plague, Sleep
Epidemic waveAssociated epidemic wave
Social responseSocial response that happened in reaction to the disease
LanguageLanguage of the original text French
KeywordFurther keyword(s) Children, Epidemics, Mortality
last edited 23. 12. 2025 by EpiMedDat-Bot.

Mortality due to plague (boce) in Paris, especially dangerous among young persons and children

Text originalOriginal text

Item, en celuy temps, vers la fin du moy d'aoust, faisoit si grant chalour de jour et de nuyt, que homme ne femme ne povoit dormir par nuyt, et avec ce estoit tres grant mortalité de boce et l'espidymie, et tout sur jeune gent et sur enfens

Text translationEnglish translation of the text

That year, in the end of August, the heat was so important day and night that people could not even sleep. Meanwhile, there was a great mortality of boce and a great epidemic, mostly among young people and children.

References

  1. ^ Journal d'un bourgeois de Paris 1990 
  2. ^ Translation by Thomas Labbé 

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