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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'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.
