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To the Editor: There may be interesting parallels between the mass fainting at rock concerts reported by Lempert and Bauer (June 22 issue)¹ and the epidemics of Tanzwuth (dancing mania) during the Middle Ages, in which music caused victims to dance until they fainted. Epidemic Tanzwuth was characterized by "stimulating" music and fits of wild dancing, leaping, hopping, and clapping that ended in syncope. The condition was not always unpleasant; victims sought out musicians to play the music that brought on symptoms, and sometimes they planned for annual attacks. Physicians documented such familiar features as hyperventilation, tachycardia, palpitation, and histories . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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