... stress, asthma, guilt, child abuse, and epilepsy. However, in a traditionally run New England colony, other "theories- leaked out as to what caused Betty's behavior. At the same time, Boston minister Cotton Mather published a book, Memorable Provinces, which mentioned a woman with similar symptoms like Betty. The friends of Betty; Ann Putnam, Mercy Lewis, and Mary Walcott, also began to show symptoms of bewitchment ... ...

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