title: Music and medicine.
abstract: Healing sounds have always been considered in the past an important aid in medical practice, and nowadays, medicine has confirmed the efficacy of music therapy in many diseases. The aim of this study is to assess the curative power of music, in the frame of the current clinical relationship.
authors.affiliation: History of Medicine, Department of Anatomy, Histology, and Forensic Medicine, University of Florence, Florence, Italy;
authors.forename: Donatella
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Lippi
authors.forename: Paolo
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Roberti di Sarsina
authors.forename: John Patrick
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: D'Elios