The valetudinarians Bath guide, or, The means of obtaining long life and health : dedicated to the Earl of Shelburne / by Philip Thicknesse.
- Philip Thicknesse
- Date:
- MDCCLXXX [1780}]
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: The valetudinarians Bath guide, or, The means of obtaining long life and health : dedicated to the Earl of Shelburne / by Philip Thicknesse. Source: Wellcome Collection.
Provider: This material has been provided by the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, Harvard Medical School.
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![Chap. XI. Of MUSI C. Exclusive of the rational amufement, which Mufic gives to, every perfon who has an ear to receive it, there is not a doubt but it has a wonderful influence upon the frame of man, and that if it will not cure the bite of the Tarantula, yet a fiddle, is neverthelefs a good do6lor, and it is worth obferving, that Mufic is always encouraged, at places, where company af- femble for their health, thofe who befl: underftand the human body, and the ftruQure of the animal fibre, will mod readily allow, that it mull operate very power- fully, and that the fpirits are not on]y raifed by melody, but that tiie animal fluids are put into briflcer motion, and the delicate concuffions made upon the fibres by Mufic being fliort, quick, and eafy, raufl: effcft the whole frame, therefore there is nothing abfard, in attributing extraordinary effefts, to the power of Mufic, and it is rather to be wondered at, why it is notnvare generally confidered in this light. The great Dr. Mead, had no doubt, but that Mufic has the power of curing the bite of the Tarantula, and his reafons (exclufive of the many afiertions we have of fuch cures) are fo philofophically dated, by that great man, that there does not admit a doubt of the good effeft it has, not only on thofe bitten by the Tarantula, but on all who are bitten by the viper, rattle-fnake, &c. It is to be obferved however, that Mufic has no in- fluence in fuch cafes, till an air is performed, which fd ftrikes the mind of the patient, that it raifes him into an extacy of delight, or dancing, therefore different inftruments, as well as different airs, are often ufed, before the patient is moved, or fet in aftion, and I have reafon to believe that a good concert, would fooner re- H move](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b21167278_0083.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
