SCHREBERISMUS

Page 97 "...devastating epidemics...", 2016
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Page 97.  “… devastating epidemics had broken out upon mankind. … I remember the names of the various forms in which leprosy was said to have occurred:  Lepra orientalis, Lepra indica, Lepra hebraica and Lepra aegyptica.  … That I must have at least had some germs of leprosy is shown by the fact that for a long time I had to recite certain strange-sounding incantations, such as “I am the first leper corpse and I lead a leper corpse”…

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