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Dancing plague :
-First infected person was found in July 1518 in the city of Strasbourg.
- It was an uncontrollable urge to dance
-The hysteria kicked off when a woman known as Frau Troffea stepped into the street and began to silently twist, twirl and shake. She kept up her
-First infected person was found in July 1518 in the city of Strasbourg.
- It was an uncontrollable urge to dance
-The hysteria kicked off when a woman known as Frau Troffea stepped into the street and began to silently twist, twirl and shake. She kept up her
- solo dance-a-thon for nearly a week and before long, some three-dozen other Strasbourgeois had joined in. By August, the dancing epidemic had claimed as many as 400 victims.
- The Strasbourg dancing plague was well documented in 16th century historical records. It& #39;s also not the only known incident of its kind. Similar manias took place in.Switzerland, Germany and Holland, though few were as large or deadly as the one triggered in 1518.
- Theories have suggested that infected persons might accidentally ingested ergot, a toxic mold that grows on damp rye and produces spasms and hallucinations, that ultimately leads to death.
