preceed the Apopkaick State, out of which the Mufick 
iaifcs the perfon affliaed, having a tang of Madnefs, gives 
the Dr occafion to prefentus with (bme curious and uncom- 
mon Thoughts about a Delirium 5 and to (how how thefe 
changes which are introduced into the Blood by*the bite of 
the Spider, do difpofe the perfons to fuch Anions, as de- 
nominate a Man in common Speech delirous. That his 
Account about th<:fc alterations in the Bfood is true, ap* 
pears plain, from what BagHvi obferved in a Rabbit bitten 
by the Tarantula, But the moft ingenious part of this Eflay 
is that, wherein he fliews, how Mufick may be fappofed to 
cont: ibote to the Relief of thofe who are thus affliQ-ed, As 
it works upon the mindV by' prefenting to it Ywtly Species 
of Joy and Mirth. As it Weds the Body not only by txr 
cicing to thofe motions that help them by Sweat and Evacua* 
tions, but as the harmonically Vibrating Air, by immediate 
<:ontaft afFedts the contractile Membrane^ with fuch a deter- 
m'nate force, efpecii^lly thofe of the Ear^ and thereby of 
the Brain, which affifls the coiitradtidn of the Fibrils, pre- 
vents a beginning Coagulaiionj &c. Upon which occafion, 
we meet toward the end of this Effay witha moft entertain- 
ing account of the feveral occafions, upon which the Anti- 
cnts called in the affiftance of Mafick for healing Diftempers. 
This method being ufed by JEfcutapius^ Theophrajlus, C^lrus 
Aurelianus^ Tholes of Crete 5, as the Dr proves (rom Oatei^^ 
Pi»dkf^ Athen£us^ AtiUfs Ge/lius and PlMarch. Where there 
are tWo remarks too particular to be omitted, one is, that 
this praftiee is'C^lled Becaniare loca D Ie0ra^ which is a tuclsy 
atteftatidn to one part of the Dr*s foregoing reafoning. The 
other-; is^, ' that -P^-^/vgrn^ himfelf, who refided in this part 
of /^/^/v-miy not improbably be flip 
this method in.this Cafe. 
The Symptom^ from' the bite of a mdd Dog are no Icfl- 
odd, but much more ttrrrifjing. Of thefe Symptoms the 
E>f* hath giveti «s->n ' actoynt; as^rhey have bcerj obferiec? 
