Picardy sweat

The Picardy sweat was an infectious disease of unknown etiology. It appeared in the northern French province of Picardy in 1718. Between 1718 and 1874, 194 epidemics of the Picardy sweat were recorded. The last extensive outbreak was in 1906, which a French commission attributed to fleas from field mice. A subsequent case was diagnosed in 1918 in a soldier in Picardy. It was named suette des Picards in France, and picard'scher Schweiß or picard'sches Schweissfieber in Germany. There were several longer descriptions of the disease.

Picardy sweat

The Picardy sweat was an infectious disease of unknown etiology. It appeared in the northern French province of Picardy in 1718. Between 1718 and 1874, 194 epidemics of the Picardy sweat were recorded. The last extensive outbreak was in 1906, which a French commission attributed to fleas from field mice. A subsequent case was diagnosed in 1918 in a soldier in Picardy. It was named suette des Picards in France, and picard'scher Schweiß or picard'sches Schweissfieber in Germany. There were several longer descriptions of the disease.