Leading article - The Dancing Plague: A public health conundrum

Public Health

Volumn 111, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 201-204

  Donaldson, L J ^a,c   Cavanagh, J ^b   Rankin, J ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NHS FIFE   (United Kingdom)

^c DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Culture; Dancing Mania; Dancing Plague; Middle Ages; Social adversity; Tarantula

Indexed keywords

DANCING PLAGUE; MEDICAL HISTORY; MEDIEVAL; PUBLIC HEALTH;

CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DANCING; ERGOTISM; EUROPE; HISTORY; HUMAN; MANIA; POPULATION; PUBLIC HEALTH; RELIGION; SHORT SURVEY; SOCIAL ASPECT; SPIDER BITE; ART; ARTICLE; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CHOREA; CROWDING; CULTURAL FACTOR; PRINTING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

EUROPE;

ARACHNIDISM; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CHOREA; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; DANCING; ENGRAVING AND ENGRAVINGS; ERGOTISM; EUROPE; HISTORY, 15TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 16TH CENTURY; HUMANS; MASS BEHAVIOR; MEDICINE IN ART; PUBLIC HEALTH;

EID: 0031181378     PISSN: 00333506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0033-3506(97)00034-6     Document Type: Short Survey

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