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Black Death

A putrid typhus, in which the body turned black with rapid putrefaction. It occurred in 1348, and carried off twenty-five millions in Europe alone, while in Asia and Africa the mortality was even greater.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894

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