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Excerpt from Select Cases, and Consultations, in Physick The Lovers of Mufic will excufe my enlargm g a little on the Power of Harmony over the animal Body, by mentioning a Fail: that comes from an undoubted Au thority. Henry Step/gem, the famous Prin ter, in his Apologie pour Herodofe, relates, that when he was at London, and went to fee the Lzom at the Tower, there was one, the greatef'c Lion, fo charmed by Mufic, that, whilfl he was devouring fome Food, a Violin by chance firiking up at the in Frant, on the Outfide of the Place, the Beaf't let fall his Food, and danced about the Den. As foon as the Mufic'ceafed, the Ammal'refumed his Feroc1ty, and fell with Fury on his Prey; immediately the: Violin renewed its Charm, the Senfe of Hunger was fufpended, and all the animal Powers were entranced by the Sound. That having mentioned this Fae't to others, who could not credit it, they went on Pur pofe, with a Mufician that played on fome other Infirument, and the Animal was in like Manner captivated by it. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.