It started with a single lady dancing solo for just a few days, earlier than finally an increasing number of individuals 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 referred to as in and a stage was arrange within the city centre to provide the ‘dancers’ extra room. Whereas the thought could appear humorous at first, most of them stored dancing until they fell unconscious, and a few died from exhaustion, coronary heart assault, or stroke.
