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Sweating sickness, also known as the “English sweate,” was a mysterious and highly virulent disease that struck England, and later continental Europe, in a series of epidemics beginning in 1485.
The disease began very suddenly with a sense of apprehension, followed by cold shivers (sometimes very violent), giddiness, headache and severe pains in the neck, shoulders and limbs, with great exhaustion. After the cold stage, which might last from half an hour to three hours, the hot and sweating stage followed. The characteristic sweat broke out suddenly without any obvious cause.
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