Bad Vibrations The History Of The Idea Of Music As A Cause Of Disease The History Of Medicine In Context

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Bad Vibrations: The History of the Idea of Music as a ... Bad Vibrations provides a fascinating study of the intersections of Western medical and musical thought, and it is perhaps one of the few extant books that will appeal simultaneously to scholars of German romanticism, the history of gender and sexuality, Wagner, jazz, heavy metal, and modern neurology. ... an enjoyable read and a worthwhile ... Bad Vibrations: The History of the Idea of Music as a ... Music has been used as a cure for disease since as far back as King David's lyre, but the notion that it might be a serious cause of mental and physical illness was rare until the late eighteenth century. At that time, physicians started to argue that excessive music, or the wrong kind of music, could over-stimulate a vulnerable nervous system, leading to illness, immorality and even death. Bad Vibrations: The History of the Idea of Music as a ... Bad Vibrations: The History of the Idea of Music as a Cause of Disease (The History of Medicine in Context) [James Kennaway] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Music has been used as a cure for disease since as far back as King David's lyre, but the notion that it might be a serious cause of mental and physical illness was rare until the late eighteenth century.

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