The contagious dance
THE CONTAGIOUS DANCE also known as: THE DANCING PLAGUE OR DANCING FEVER Date : 1518 Reason : nonspecific Location : Strasbourg Alsace Medieval Town France First case : Frau Troffea Number of cases : 400+ Span : 3 months (July - September) In July 1518, Strasbourg Alsace Medieval Town in the Alsatian region of France. A woman with the name given as Frau Troffea blitzed onto the tiny road of her street out of no where and started dancing. No records showed where she was heading from whether she's suffering from her own karma or she's just a catalyst to the curse placed on her town by the gods. This dancing continued for nearly a week of exhaustion-rest-resumption before she was joined by more than 30 other people. New month August saw the dancing epidemic claim more victims in the region of 400. The dancing is almost looking impossible to stop and with no other reason for this strange activity, the local authorities turned to the religious leaders and physicians for help. After ...