Convulsive Ergotism Hypothesis

An older, largely discounted hypothesis attributing the dancing plague to convulsive ergotism, poisoning from a fungal toxin contaminating rye; challenged by historians because ergotism typically produces uncontrollable convulsions and gangrene rather than sustained, coordinated rhythmic dancing over days.

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