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At first, I thought it was a joke or a fake post, especially with: "music was often played while participants danced, as that was believed to be an effective re
by otterpro 9y ago
At first, I thought it was a joke or a fake post, especially with: "music was often played while participants danced, as that was believed to be an effective remedy" but "music encouraged others to join in however, and thus effectively made things worse". I'd assume that music would encourage dancing, but perhaps that was not the norm during those days.
- pavel_lishin 9y agoMaybe they tried to play something difficult to dance to, or something timed to mis-match the dancers' cadence?
- apeace 9y ago> In Italy, a similar phenomenon was tarantism, in which the victims were said to have been poisoned by a tarantula or scorpion. Its earliest known outbreak was in the 13th century, and the only antidote known was to dance to particular music to separate the venom from the blood. Perhaps it was something similar to this. It sounds like they were shooting in the dark with various different "antidotes".
- viraptor 9y agoIf you really want to, you can find a way to dance even to "Take five", so in not sure what they could try to achieve.
- usrusr 9y agoThere is a certain logic to playing music. They did not know what would help the infected, but they certainly did know what would help everybody else: Seeing a crowd flailing around to music is much less creepy than seeing a crowd flailing around to silence.