Volume 24, Number 1—January 2018
Historical Review
Dangers of Noncritical Use of Historical Plague Data
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![Plague epidemics in Europe, 1350s–1660s. Graph produced on the basis of data from Biraben (2,3). Modified graph provided courtesy of Voigtländer N, Voth H-J. Gift of Mars: warfare and Europe’s rise to riches. J Econ Perspect. 2013;27:165‒86 (12).](/eid/images/17-0477-F6.jpg)
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