However, severe cases can last for a number of weeks and cause significant disability.
"The hurt these cases have caused is going to show up in that community for the next four generations."
His case caused a sensation at the time, but is not widely known now.
Evidence suggests the changes have a minimal effect and in some cases might even cause more damage, the report says.
Even that case caused problems for prosecutors, one of the lawyers said.
The case caused a sensation, with crowds outside the court every day.
This case caused great public debate in the late spring of 1844.
The best case would still cause the deaths of hundreds or thousands.
Still, the cases have caused a stir in legal circles.