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HAFENREFFER, Samuel (1587 – 1660)

HAFENREFFER, Samuel (1587 – 1660)

1587 – 1660

1 entries in the GMN corpus.

Image source Unknown artist Unknown artist · Tübinger Professorengalerie · Public domain

1640 CE

#13009

Monochordon symbolico-biomanticum. Abstrusissimam pulsuum doctrinam, ex harmoniis musicis dilucidè, figurisq[ue] oculariter demonstrans, de causis & prognosticis inde promulgandis fideliter instruens, & jucundè per Medicam praxin resonans.

Hafenreffer believed that the sound of music could assist in regulating an abnormal pulse by means of vibrating air. His book included graphic representations of irregular pulses. Digital facsimile from Bayerische Sta…