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authors.affiliation: Centre for Medical History, University of Exeter, UK. m.a.jackson@exeter.ac.uk
authors.forename: Mark
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Jackson
mesh_terms: D004194:Disease; D006663:Historiography; D049690:History, Ancient; D049692:History, Early Modern 1451-1600; D049691:History, Medieval; D049711:History, Modern 1601-; D006801:Humans; D009026:Mortality