XIII Quod incentiones quaedam tibiarum certo modo factae ischiacis mederi possunt. 1 Creditum hoc a plerisque esse et memoriae mandatum, ischia cum maxime doleant, tum, si modulis lenibus tibicen incinat, 2 minui dolores, ego nuperrime in libro Theophrasti scriptum inveni. 3 Viperarum morsibus tibicinium scite modulateque adhibitum mederi refert etiam Democriti liber, qui inscribitur ..., in quo docet plurimis hominum morbidis medicinae fuisse incentiones tibiarum. 4 Tanta prosus adfinitas est corporibus hominum mentibusque et propterea vitiis quoque aut medellis animorum et corporum.
http://www.thelatinlibrary.com/gellius/gellius4.shtml#13
On the possibility of curing gout by certain melodies played in a special way on the flute.
I ran across the statement very recently in the book of Theophrastus On Inspiration93 1 that many men have believed and put their belief on record, that when gouty pains in the hips are most severe, they are relieved if a flute-player plays soothing measures. 3 That snake-bites are cured by the music of the flute, when played skilfully and melodiously, is also stated in a book of Democritus, entitled On p355 Deadly Infections, in which he shows that the music of the flute is medicine for many ills that flesh is heir to. 4 So very close is the connection between the bodies and the minds of men, and therefore between physical and mental ailments and their remedies.
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