“A Race of Brain and Nerve Workers”: Nervous Diseases, Nutritional Prescriptions, and Music Disorders in the Late 19th Century - Ryan Weber
In his 1894 article “Music and Nutrition,” the American pianist Edward Baxter Perry offered an ominous warning: “Americans as a race are in imminent danger of becoming extinct, mainly from this cause [of poor diet and nervous exhaustion], a
October 19, 2023 34 min
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