ited at Rome and elsewhere,
were the manger in which Christ was laid at his birth, the pillar on
which he leaned, when disputing in the temple, and the waterpots in
which he turned water into wine at the marriage feast of Cana at
Galilee.[171:2]

FOOTNOTES:

[165:1] _Century Dictionary._

[166:1] E. Cobham Brewer, _A Dictionary of Miracles_, art. "Relics."

[167:1] Otto A. Wall, M.D., _The Prescription_.

[168:1] _Boston Courier_, March 26, 1910.

[168:2] Dr. Hugo Magnus, _Superstition in Medicine_.

[169:1] H. C. Sheldon, _op. cit._

[169:2] William Smith and Samuel Cheetham, _A Dictionary of Christian
Antiquities_, art. "Relics."

[170:1] _All the Year Round_, vol. 69, p. 246; 1891.

[170:2] _Time_, vol. v; February, 1887.

[171:1] Henry Hart Milman, D.D., _History of Latin Christianity_, vol.
vi, p. 248.

[171:2] Philip Schaff, _History of the Christian Church_.

CHAPTER XVI

THE HEALING INFLUENCE OF MUSIC

Dubito, an omnia, quae de incantamentis dicuntur
carminibusque, non sint adscribenda effectibus musicis, quia
excellebant eadem veteres medici.
HERMANN BOERHAAVE. (1668-1738.)

Preposterous ass! that never read so far
To know the cause why music was ordained.
Was it not to refresh the mind of man,
After his studies, or his usual pain?--
_The Taming of the Shrew_, Act III, Scene 1.

I think sometimes, could I only have music on my own terms,
could I live in a great city, and know where I could go
whenever I wished and get the ablution and inundation of
musical waves, that were a bath and medicine.
R. W. EMERSON.

Musick, when rightly order'd, cannot be prefer'd too much. For
it recreates and exalts the Mind at the same time.

It composes the Passions, affords a strong Pleasure, and
excites Nobleness of Thought. . . .

What can be more strange than that the rubbing of a little
hair and cat-gut together, should make such a mighty
Alteration in a Man that sits at a distance?
JEREMY COLLIER, _Essay on Music_: 1698.

"Music the fiercest grief can charm."
POPE, _St. Cecilia's Day_, I, 118.

From time immemorial the influence of musical sounds has been recognized
as a valuable agent in the treatment of nervous affectio