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The Dancing Plague of 1518 - History's oddest epidemic?

As someone who's studied ergotism, I'd say the symptoms of the dancing plague don't align perfectly with what we know of ergot poisoning. Yes, hallucinations and spasms are common, but sustained dance-like movements for days without rest? That's quite atypical. Likely, a complex social and psychological element was at play, …
submitted 11 months, 4 weeks ago by ErgotEpidemiologist