Robert Calef and Thomas Brattle offered contemporary criticism of these events in More Wonders of the Invisible World. One participant in these events tested the "effluvia" theory by feeding a dog a cake with urine baked into it. Biologist Linnda Caporael claims they coincided with the consumption of infected rye bread. William Stoughton presided over these events during William Phips's governorship. They started after doctor (*) William Griggs provided treatment for certain hysterical fits, and "spectral evidence" during these events was allowed by Cotton Mather. Part
Robert Calef and Thomas Brattle offered contemporary criticism of these events in More Wonders of the Invisible World. One participant in these events tested the "effluvia" theory by feeding a dog a cake with urine baked into it. Biologist Linnda Caporael claims they coincided with the consumption of infected rye bread. William Stoughton presided over these events during William Phips's governorship. They started after doctor (*) William Griggs provided treatment for certain hysterical fits, and "spectral evidence" during these events was allowed by Cotton Mather. Participants in these events included Betty Parris and Abigail Williams, and during these events stones were piled on Giles Corey. A slave named Tituba was also implicated in these events. For 10 points, name these 1692 Massachusetts events in which many accused heretics were killed with little evidence.
Robert Calef and Thomas Brattle offered contemporary criticism of these events in More Wonders of the Invisible World.
{Salem witch} trials [prompt on alleged acts of witchcraft in Salem or equivalents]