Sect. 1.—Tarantism 107 2.—Most Ancient Traces.—Causes 110 3.—Increase 116 4.—Idiosyncracies.—Music 119 5.—Hysteria 126 6.—Decrease 129 CHAPTER III. DANCING MANIA IN ABYSSINIA. Sect. 1.—Tigretier 133 CHAPTER IV. Sympathy 139 APPENDIX:— I. Extract from “Vita Gregorii XI.,” &c. 153 II. From “Chronicon Magnum,” &.c 154 III. From “die Limburger Chronik,” &c. 155 IV. From “die Chronica van Coellen,” &c. 156 V. From “an Account of Convulsive Diseases in Scotland,” &c. 157 VI. Music for the Dance of the Tarantati, &c. 167 THE SWEATING SICKNESS. PAGE PREFACE 177 CHAPTER I. FIRST VISITATION. 1485. Sect. 1.—Eruption 181 2.—The Physicians 185 3.—Causes 187 4.—Other Epidemics 188 5.—Richmond’s Army 190 6.—Nature of the Sweating Sickness.—Preliminary Investigation 191 CHAPTER II. SECOND VISITATION. 1506. Sect. 1.—Mercenary Troops 193 2.—New Circumstances 196 3.—Sweating Sickness 197 4.—Accompanying Phenomena 198 5.—Petechial Fever in Italy. 1505 199 6.—Other Diseases 203 7.—Blood Spots 205 CHAPTER III. THIRD VISITATION. 1517.