Sweating sickness
CONTAGIOUS DISEASE OF HUMANS THAT STRUCK ENGLAND AND EUROPE BETWEEN 1485 AND 1551
Sweating Sickness; Sudor anglicus; Sweating-Sickness; Perspiration sickness; English sweate; English sweat; Sweating sickness epidemics; English sweating sickness; Sweating-sickness; Sweating fever
Sweating sickness, also known as the sweats, English sweating sickness, English sweat or sudor anglicus in Latin, was a mysterious and contagious disease that struck England and later continental Europe in a series of epidemics beginning in 1485. The last outbreak occurred in 1551, after which the disease apparently vanished.