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1421-08-00-Paris

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Date startStart date of the disease. 1421-08 +
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)
Epidemic waveAssociated epidemic wave
Social responseSocial response that happened in reaction to the disease
LanguageLanguage of the original text French
KeywordFurther keyword(s) Children, Fever, Headache, Mortality, Women
last edited 23. 12. 2025 by EpiMedDat-Bot.

A mortality breaks out in Paris in August. Poeple get headaches and heavy fever. Children and women were most at risk

Text originalOriginal text

Item, en ce temps, était très grande mortalité, et tous mouraient de chaleur qui au chef les prenait et puis la fièvre et mouraient sans rien ou peu empirer de leur chair, et toutes femmes et les plus jeunes gens.

Text translationEnglish translation of the text

In this time was a great mortality. People, mostly women and young ones, died because of headache and of fever, but their bodies were not injured.

References

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

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