Featured in a Sherlock Holmes novel โ St Vitusโ dance is an autoimmune disease caused by streptococcus infection.
Symptoms include involuntary and random movements of the face, hands and feet.
No one knows why it never affects the eye muscles, or why movements cease during sleep.
St Vitus is the patron saint of dancers, tortured and killed by the Romans in 303AD. The picture shows his coat of arms. In Latvia, his saintโs day was celebrated by manic dancing in front of his statue.
Nowadays, the disease is more commonly known as Sydenhamโs chorea.
Double points to anyone who can name the Sherlock Holmes story that mentions the disease?
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๐๐ข๐ฌ๐๐๐ฌ๐ ๐จ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐๐๐ค – ๐๐ญ ๐๐ข๐ญ๐ฎ๐ฌ’ ๐๐๐ง๐๐

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