Evers S
Z Rheumatol. 1990 May-Jun;49(3):119-24.
The history of the use of music to lessen the pain of rheumatism is seen in the use of musical therapy in medicine as a whole. Sources citing the use of music specifically in rheumatism are rare; often, rather than rheumatism, terms like "gout (podagra)" or "joint-pain" are mentioned. This is connected with the obscure and pathognomic perceptions of rheumatism. In the archeo-medicine and for primitive cultures the considered potency of music was primarily dominated by animistic thinking. In antiquity humoral pathology developed a philosophy that tried to explain the benefits of music, even for rheumatism, but found little acceptance. In the Middle Ages and in the Baroque period iatromechanistic conceptions determined music as useful in fight against pain. In the Romantic period there was speculation about music as a causal therapy, but it was shortlived. In the 20th century music is applied as an active therapy in the care of persons suffering from rheumatism; its empiric success as a remedy in rehabilitative and palliative therapy is recognized.
音乐用于减轻风湿病痛的历史，体现在整个医学领域对音乐疗法的运用之中。专门提及音乐用于治疗风湿的资料很少；通常，提及的不是“风湿”，而是“痛风（足痛风）”或“关节疼痛”等术语。这与对风湿症模糊且缺乏明确病理特征的认知有关。在古代医学和原始文化中，人们认为音乐的功效主要受万物有灵论思想支配。在古代，体液病理学发展出一种哲学，试图解释音乐的益处，甚至对风湿症的益处，但这种观点几乎未被接受。在中世纪和巴洛克时期，机械医学观念认为音乐对对抗疼痛有用。在浪漫主义时期，有人推测音乐可作为一种病因疗法，但这种观点昙花一现。在20世纪，音乐被用作治疗风湿患者的一种积极疗法；其在康复和姑息治疗中作为一种疗法所取得的经验性成功已得到认可。
