The Science Of Vampires by Katherine Ramsland
An accessible, interdisciplinary investigation of the vampire phenomenon that combines folklore and literary history with forensic science, medicine, and psychology to explain how and why vampire myths arose and endure; the narrative examines historical accounts and criminal cases, medical conditions often linked to vampirism (such as porphyria, rabies, and anemia), psychiatric presentations and “clinical vampirism,” and the role of popular culture and self-described vampire communities, using interviews and expert analysis to separate myth from measurable biological and social realities.
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- 2002
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