Throughout history, humanity has faced the daunting challenge of combating diseases with limited knowledge and resources. The Black Death, also known as the plague, was one such disease that devastated populations, leading to a frantic search for cures. In medieval times, when the Black Death swept across Europe, people turned to a wide array of …
Plagues & Disease
In the warm summer of 1518, the city of Strasbourg, Alsace, which at the time was part of the Holy Roman Empire, witnessed an extraordinarily peculiar event: a dancing mania that swept through its citizens. It began in July when a woman stepped into the street and started dancing with seemingly no reason and unstoppable …