The Epidemics of the Middle Ages by J. F. C. Hecker and John Caius

CHAPTER II.

DANCING MANIA IN ITALY. Sect. 1.—Tarantism 107 2.—Most Ancient Traces.—Causes 110 3.—Increase 116 4.—Idiosyncracies.—Music 119 5.—Hysteria 126 6.—Decrease 129