In ? 17th-c?nt??? P?lish c?m?t???, ??ch???l??ists ?isc?v???? th? sh?ckl?? ??n?s ?? ? w?m?n ?nc? th???ht t? ?? ? v?m?i??.

Citiz?ns ?? ? 17th-c?nt??? P?lish t?wn w???n’t t?kin? ?n? ch?nc?s wh?n th?? l?i? t? ??st ? w?m?n, th?? ??li?v?? t? ?? ? v?m?i??: Sh? w?s ???i?? with ? sickl? ?l??? l?i? ?c??ss h?? n?ck, int?n??? t? ??c??it?t? h?? sh??l? sh? ?tt?m?t t? ?is? ???m th? ???v?.

A?ch???l??ists ???m Nic?l??s C????nic?s Univ??sit? in T???n, P?l?n?, ?isc?v???? th? ???v? ???in? ?xc?v?ti?ns ?? ? c?m?t??? in th? s??th??n vill??? ?? Pi?n. Th? ?n?s??l ???i?l ???l?cts s????stiti?ns s?????n?in? v?m?i??s, th???ht t? ?? ?n???? m?nst??s wh? s??sist?? ?n ??inkin? th? ?l??? ?? h?m?ns

“W??s t? ???t?ct ???inst th? ??t??n ?? th? ???? incl??? c?ttin? ??? th? h??? ?? l??s, ?l?cin? th? ??c??s?? ??c? ??wn t? ?it? int? th? ????n?, ???nin? th?m, ?n? sm?shin? th?m with ? st?n?,” D??i?sz P?linski, ? C????nic?s ?????ss?? ?n? l????? ?? th? ?xc?v?ti?ns, t?l? th? D?il? M?il. “Th? sickl? w?s n?t l?i? ?l?t ??t ?l?c?? ?n th? n?ck in s?ch ? w?? th?t i? th? ??c??s?? h?? t?i?? t? ??t ?? m?st lik?l? th? h??? w??l? h?v? ???n c?t ??? ?? inj????.

Th??? w?s ?ls? ???l?ck ?n h?? t??, which s?m??liz?? “th? cl?sin? ?? ? st??? ?n? th? im??ssi?ilit? ?? ??t??nin?,” ?cc???in? t? P?linski.

This isn’t th? ?i?st-tіm? ??ch???l??ists h?v? ?isc?v???? ???v?sit?s l?i? with s?ch ???c??ti?ns. In 2014, ? t??m in th? vill??? ?? D??wsk?, ????t 130 mil?s ???m Pi?n, ???n? ?iv? sk?l?t?ns ???i?? with sickl?s ???ss?? t? th?i? th???ts t? ???v?nt th?m ???m h??min? th? livin?, ?s ???lish?? in th? j???n?l Pl?ss On?. Oth?? ??c??it?t?? sk?l?t?ns ??ch???l??ists ???n? in s??th??n P?l?n? m?? h?v? ???n ?x?c?t?? ?s ?ll???? v?m?i??s

In th? l?t?st ?in?, th? ??m?ins ?? th? ??c??s?? h?v? ? ???t???in? ???nt t??th, ???h??s l???in? h?? n?i?h???s t? ???? it w?s ? v?m?i?? ??n?. Hist??ic?ll?, s?m? illn?ss?s c??l? ???s?nt with s?m?t?ms int?????t?? ?s si?ns ?? v?m?i?ism, s?ch ?s schiz??h??ni?, ???i?s, ch?l???, ?n? t????c?l?sis

“P???l? ?? th? ??st-m??i?v?l ???i?? ?i? n?t ?n???st?n? h?w ?is??s? w?s s?????,” L?sl?? G???? Rick? ???m Univ??sit? ?? S??th Al???m?, ??th?? ?? th? 2014 st???, t?l? Ph?s O??. “R?th?? th?n ? sci?nti?ic ?x?l?n?ti?n ??? th?s? ??i??mics, ch?l??? ?n? th? ???ths th?t ??s?lt?? ???m it w??? ?x?l?in?? ?? th? s????n?t???l—in this c?s?, v?m?i??s.”

At Pi?n, th? s?s??ct?? m?m??? ?? th? livin? ???? w?s ???i?? w???in? ? hi?h-???lit? silk c??, which is ?vi??nc? th?t sh? h?? ???n ? hi?h-st?t?s m?m??? ?? th? c?mm?nit? ??s?it? th?i? ?ist??st ?? h??.

“Sh? w?s n?ith?? ?it??ll? m??????? n?? w?s sh? ?n? ?? th? c?nvict?? in ? witchc???t t?i?l,” P?linski t?l? N?wsw??k. “Th?s? in?ivi???ls w??? t???t?? in ? ?i?????nt w?? ?n?, ?s??ll?, th?? w??? th??wn int? ???visi?n?l ???v?s,” s?ch ?s ??ll?ws.

It’s ??ssi?l?, h? s??c?l?t??, th?t th? ??c??s?? h?? ?x???i?nc?? s?m? h???shi? ?? mis???t?n? th?t l?? th? t?wn t? ???? th?t sh? w??l? ??t??n ???m th? ???? t? s??k ??v?n??.