On 8/11/99, [email protected] wrote: >Wasn't encephalitis an epidemic around this time? This is the theory put forward in the following newly-released book to explain the symptoms of the afflicted: Carlson, Laurie Winn. A Fever in Salem: A New Interpretation of the New England Witch Trials. Ivan R. Dee, Chicago. 1999. Cheers, Margo Margo Burns [email protected] http://www.ogram.org