The Black Death, and The Dancing Mania
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In the time between the 14th and 17th centuries, the mainland of Europe suffered numerous disasters, including those of biological origin. One of the most mysterious of those phenomena was dancing mania, also called the dancing plague. It involved groups of people dancing erratically until they collapsed from exhaustion and injuries. People often danced in significant numbers, sometimes including thousands of participants. The well-documented phenomenon doesn't have a clear explanation up to date. The 19th-century German physician Justus Hecker provided research on dancing mania and connected ...
Chapters (27)
- The Black Death and The Dancing Mania.
- INTRODUCTION
- THE BLACK DEATH
- CHAPTER I—GENERAL OBSERVATIONS
- CHAPTER II—THE DISEASE
- CHAPTER III—CAUSES—SPREAD
- CHAPTER IV—MORTALITY
- CHAPTER V—MORAL EFFECTS
- CHAPTER VI—PHYSICIANS
- THE DANCING MANIA
- CHAPTER I—THE DANCING MANIA IN GERMANY AND THE NETHERLANDS
- SECT. 1—ST. JOHN’S DANCE
- SECT. 2—ST. VITUS’S DANCE
- SECT. 3—CAUSES
- SECT. 4—MORE ANCIENT DANCING PLAGUES
- SECT. 5—PHYSICIANS
- SECT. 6—DECLINE AND TERMINATION OF THE DANCING PLAGUE
- CHAPTER II—THE DANCING MANIA IN ITALY
- SECT. 1—TARANTISM
- SECT. 2—MOST ANCIENT TRACES—CAUSES
- SECT. 3—INCREASE
- SECT. 4—IDIOSYNCRASIES—MUSIC
- SECT. 5—HYSTERIA
- SECT. 6—DECREASE
- CHAPTER III—THE DANCING MANIA IN ABYSSINIA
- SECT. 1—TIGRETIER
- CHAPTER IV—SYMPATHY
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