Some 19th-Century Physicians Thought Music Could Infect the

[sailor]

"By the time the 1800s rolled around, music was a full-blown pathogen, according to medicine, literature and etiquette books. Excessive music — whether in audience or performance — was associated by some researchers with moral degradation and depravity. When American neurologist George Beard coined “nervous exhaustion” as a mental condition called neurasthenia, he cited music as a cause of the illness."

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[speakertom]

Wow! Could partially explain my depravity. :-)