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Justinus Kerner
Justinus Kerner was a German poet and physician from Ludwigsburg, a leading member of the Swabian school of poets alongside Ludwig Uhland. As a doctor at Weinsberg he gave the first detailed description of botulism, caused by spoiled sausages, and he wrote widely on the occult, notably The Seeress of Prevorst (1829). His house at Weinsberg was a meeting place for writers.
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