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The violin: its famous makers and their imitators, 1875
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1Dr. Abercrombie recommends "Careful classification of the insane, so that the mild and peaceful melancholic may not be harassed by the ravings of the maniac: the importance of this is obvious; but of still greater importance," he continues, "it will probably be, to watch the first dawnings of reason, and instantly to remove from the patient all associates by whom his mind might be again bewildered." The following case, mentioned by Pinel, is certainly an extreme one, but much important reflection arises out of it:—
3"A musician confined in the Bicêtre, as one of the first symptoms of returning reason, made some slight allusion to his favourite instrument. It was immediately procured for him; he occupied himself with music for several hours every day, and his convalescence seemed to be advancing rapidly. But he was then, unfortunately, allowed to come frequently in contact with a furious maniac, by meeting him in the gardens. The musician's mind was unhinged; his Violin was destroyed; and he fell back into a state of insanity which was considered as confirmed and hopeless."—Abercrombie's Intellectual Powers.
5"An old English author of the name of Simpson, a master of music of some eminence in the reign of Charles II., has, in a work entitled 'The Division of the Violin,' drawn from the theory of music a singular illustration of the doctrine of Trinity in
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