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The Black Death, and The Dancing Mania

By Henry Morley (editor)

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Cover; Front matter; Title page; Copyright page; Body matter; Introduction; The Black Death: Chapter I; Chapter II; Chapter III; Chapter IV; Chapter V; Chapter VI; The Dancing Mania: Chapter I; Chapter II; Chapter III; Chapter IV;

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The Black Death, and The Dancing Mania, by Justus Friedrich Karl Hecker
The Black Death and The Dancing Mania.
- INTRODUCTION
- THE BLACK DEATH
  - CHAPTER I—GENERAL OBSERVATIONS
  - CHAPTER II—THE DISEASE
  - CHAPTER III—CAUSES—SPREAD
  - CHAPTER IV—MORTALITY
  - CHAPTER V—MORAL EFFECTS
  - CHAPTER VI—PHYSICIANS
- THE DANCING MANIA
  - CHAPTER I—THE DANCING MANIA IN GERMANY AND THE NETHERLANDS
    - SECT. 1—ST. JOHN’S DANCE
    - SECT. 2—ST. VITUS’S DANCE
    - SECT. 3—CAUSES
    - SECT. 4—MORE ANCIENT DANCING PLAGUES
    - SECT. 5—PHYSICIANS
    - SECT. 6—DECLINE AND TERMINATION OF THE DANCING PLAGUE
  - CHAPTER II—THE DANCING MANIA IN ITALY
    - SECT. 1—TARANTISM
    - SECT. 2—MOST ANCIENT TRACES—CAUSES
    - SECT. 3—INCREASE
    - SECT. 4—IDIOSYNCRASIES—MUSIC
    - SECT. 5—HYSTERIA
    - SECT. 6—DECREASE
  - CHAPTER III—THE DANCING MANIA IN ABYSSINIA
    - SECT. 1—TIGRETIER
  - CHAPTER IV—SYMPATHY