ERC Consolidator Grant · 2022
Fever. Global Histories of (a) Disease, 1750–1840
Fever is one of the most basic and pervasive of human experiences. Even before the current COVID-19 pandemic took this to new extremes, fever and the attendant sensations – of ‘burning up’, or having one’s temperature taken – had long been familiar to men, women and, indeed, children. While fever is a universal feature of humans’ material existence, however, its relevance and meaning differed from one historical context to another. The proposed ERC project studies fever globally, particularly in societies within or tied to the Atlantic world, in the century spanning from the 1750s to the 1840s – a time when fever was not only considered the most common ailment that afflicted mankind, but…
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