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Musical antidote to tarantula's poison
Athanasius Kircher1643
Vilnius University Library
Vilnius, Lithuania
One of Athanasius Kircher's versions of Tarantella - a musical score that was considered as an antidote to tarantula's poison. Kircher writes that in order for it to work it had to correspond with temperament of the spider.
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- Title: Musical antidote to tarantula's poison
- Creator: Athanasius Kircher
- Date Created: 1643
- Location Created: Cologne, Germany
- Type: Book
- Rights: Vilnius University Library
- Medium: Engraving
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