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Public Domain Image of Jean-Baptiste Lully
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Apparently conducting can be a very lethal activity. During the 17th century conductors used large heavy sticks to pound out the time for the other musicians. Once, while conducting with just such an obnoxious stick, Jean-Baptiste Lully slammed the stick into his foot instead of the floor. The wound caused by his mistake later became gangrenous and caused him to die. Yes, it was death by conducting.
A woman walks into her doctor's office in the 17th century.
"Doctor, I keep hearing this pounding sound in my head. It happens at all hours of the day or night!"
"Don't worry madam, that's just the conductor practicing next door."
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