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The violin: its famous makers and their imitators, 1884
16 lines. Read by computer on 28 September 2026. Printed page 408. See the scan on archive.org.
1And having tuned it, he played and sung—
3 "The Sundays of man's life,
4 Threaded together on Time's string,
5 Make bracelets to adorn the wife
6 Of the eternal, glorious King;
7 On Sundays heaven's door stands ope,
8 Blessings are plentiful and rife—
9 More plentiful than hope."
11VIOLINS FROM A MEDICAL POINT OF VIEW.
13 "Music and the sounds of instruments—says the lively Vigneul de Marville—contribute to the health of the body and the mind; they assist the circulation of the blood, they dissipate vapours, and open the vessels, so that the action of perspiration is freer. He tells the story of a person of distinction, who assured him that once being suddenly seized by violent illness, instead of a consultation of physicians, he immediately called a band of musicians, and their Violins played so well in his inside that his bowels became perfectly in tune, and in a few hours were harmoniously becalmed."—D'Israeli's "Curiosities of Literature."
15 Dr. 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
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