Your sister suddenly begins to leap about, jumping and dancing in the streets. During the Middle Ages, she would most likely be diagnosed with
A) melancholia.
B) trephination.
C) the Tarantella.
D) an excess of phlegm.
E) spiritus vitae.

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The Tarantella was a dance and medical condition during the Middle Ages that was believed to be caused by the bite of a tarantula. The dance was named after the Italian town of Taranto, and it was believed that the only cure was to perform the frenzied and energetic dance until the poison was sweated out of the body.

Your Sister Suddenly Begins to Leap About, Jumping and Dancing