It started with a single girl dancing solo for just a few days, earlier than ultimately an increasing number of folks turned affected. Doctors proclaimed that the sickness was attributable to overheated blood, and really helpful that the inflicted ought to proceed to shimmy and sway the fever away – musicians have been even known as in and a stage was arrange within the city centre to present the ‘dancers’ extra room. Whereas the thought could seem humorous at first, most of them saved dancing until they fell unconscious, and a few died from exhaustion, coronary heart assault, or stroke.
