BROWNE, Richard
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BROWNE (Richard). English writer and physician, flourished during 18th century. Was an apothecary in Oakham. He wrote Medicina Musica: or a Mechanical Essay on the Effects of Singing, Musick, and Dancing, on Human Bodies, etc., Lond., 12mo, 1729. This is a curious work on the medicinal virtues of music, a subject which has frequently taken the attention of medical men as well as musicians.