The dancing plague

the strange, true story of an extraordinary illness

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The dancing plague

the strange, true story of an extraordinary illness

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Table of Contents

Signs of the times
Plagues and priests
Hard times
The death dance
The mystery of Frau Troffea's dance
Trance fever
Of music and hot blood
Lords of the dance
Volte face
Holy magic
Aftermath
Death of a curse
The mind incarnate
Charcot's error.

Edition Notes

Originally published: A time to dance, a time to die. Thriplow [England] : Icon Books, 2008.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Published in
Naperville, Ill
Genre
Biography

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
362.196/83009443954
Library of Congress
RC389 .W35 2009, RC389.W35 2009

The Physical Object

Pagination
p. cm.

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL23174817M
Internet Archive
dancingplaguestr0000wall
LCCN
2009007866
OCLC/WorldCat
312444778

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