However, The Lancet medical journal reports a rare complication suffered by a 28-year-old man who was bitten on the calf by an unknown woman at the festival while he was dancing on a beertable.
One major difference between then and now: alcohol and drinking had long been ubiquitous in American life, from sacramental wine at mass, in Jewish rites, and at the dinner table, to beer at the pub and spirits made in backwoods distilleries.