76: Mass Hysteria: The Dancing Plague

Our Patrons chose Mass Hysteria as the episode topic this week, so we’re talking about The Dancing Plague! In 1518 a French town was overcome with a contagious conclusion to dance til they dropped... You can WATCH the podcast over on our YouTube channel:http://youtube.com/SciGuys If you would like to support the podcast, please donate to our Patreon:http://patreon.com/SciGuys If you'd like to see more of us, follow our socials!Facebookhttp://facebook.com/SciGuysPodTwitterhttp://twitter.com/SciGuysPodInstagramhttp://instagram.com/SciGuysPodReferences and Further Reading  https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3536509/ https://www.mcgill.ca/oss/article/history-quackery/history-hysteria https://www.health.harvard.edu/newsletter_article/The_nocebo_response https://www.health.harvard.edu/mental-health/the-power-of-the-placebo-effect https://www.britannica.com/science/psychosomatic-disorder https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3480686/ https://www.history.com/news/what-was-the-dancing-plague-of-1518 https://www.britannica.com/event/dancing-plague-of-1518 https://journals.lww.com/epidem/FullText/2010/09000/Frequency_and_Predictors_of_Mass_Psychogenic.31.aspx Follow the Sci Guys@notcorry / @jampkin / @lukecutforthsciguys.co.uk