Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-06-15
USES OF PHONOGRAPHS.
MANY CHANGES MADE IN THE SEN
slTNE INSTRUMENT.

II T. Being Used ~ an Aid IN Medicine.
In tho IcssninT Of Language. and 10
riocution-Ap Interview with a rb,si.
elan Who Has studied Them.
DR.. j. Mount Bleyer, Of this city. has
been making collection Of voices f,r
nearly Owe ycer. aud he has now uiiv
i've hundred specimens, which can i,s
heard ut any time by putting them i'm bis
photograph aud scttl1a the machine In
motion. Ur. Iloycr makes "a specisity In
diseases Of the throat. lungs and rrsp'r.
aory organs. and hi use Of the phnuo.
graph aud microgtaplnphouo have ttru
made solely Tor the purpose Of asosrtalnIns
the practical value ~ these Inventions In
rrgnrd 10 medical aud other sciences.
The voices are all taken on wax cyiip.
ders. i've inahes long BY three 10 diameter
"Fcw people have any idea" d. nlrtrr
ead 10 n reporter the other day. "of III,
wonderful changes that have toeu made iu
the phonograph since Il nr.t came out from
the workshop u Mr. Edison. Tho insirl.
inent has now been 90 perfected that ID is
capable Of faithfully representing every
word. syllable. vowel. consonant, asplrani.
or indeo'l sounds Of any Kind
"A curious feature of ths modern rhouo.
graph il the difference made in the sry nf
tie voice BY an Increase or terrease In the
velocity Of tic cylinder. II the latter 4,
turned ~ fast IN transmitting the voice ~
Il IL In receiving. the sound ~ reproduced
with almost mathematical ndclty. ~.
however. thccylIndor Il turned more slow.
Is. the voice Il reproduced Ia % much lower
tone. 50. on the other hand u the mtchan.
ism Il moved morn rapidly. the voice l. ~.
produced In much higher key This
curious fact enables person % hear him.
-slf speak NJ u he had b,cn endowed with
different vocal organs.
"a contralto. Tor example. who sln.-u a
song into the apparatus in her usual STYLE
may hear IL reproduced NJ she gave Il. ur.
by changing the spoci Of tho motor ~ a
soprano. mctzp sopmuo, high treble. ur. on
the other hand. a. a baritone, hasso, or
even basso proiundo or course therc i a
change In tho time corresponding with tho
change In tho hey. Tho high treble ..ns.
20 rapidly a. 10 CRATE upon the ear. while
the bas.o yocalifes 70 slowly a. 20 suggest
aomnolcnt fatigue Strange 10 say. Tho
quality Of voioe which the French cali TIM
bfs remains unchanged. NO matter what
time i employed.
~ NrpiCiyE.
"But II 10 IN medical science that ,hs
phonograph Il destined 10 exert grcaicf
innnencc. It, value IA this branch {,
barely beginning N b Appreciated Fof
somo years | have occupied myself Ia
studying the use, 10 wlsch thl, machine
might bc put In tho mc,lical a. we'll a. In
other naicncos, aud | can safely say that
already In the prscnt stage of H. con
struction the phonograph can b. mads
20 record many u the symptoms usual In
diseases Of the respiratory Organs. 10 both
normal and abnormal states For in
stance, tho voice Of singers with a good
Yolcc may b. recorded and hep, for oom
pafi.on. In ease u any allmsni. making
the normal fccorl a standard.
"phouogntms of tsuuu bafit0nsa aud
bAssos may b. preserved. the voiocs stndiul
~ to the different shade. u tonc aud quail
ity, and 10 found u yalna IN clinical. N
well AZ Ia other denominations Cool
records 81 specimen patients. illustrating 4
certain cough. such a. the whoop oF vhoop
ing cough. asthmAtle cough. bronchitis
stcnosls Of tho larynx. aud In Group and
diphtheria would b. 81 great brneni, Iar
ticulAriy In eass ~ dphiheria and efoug
where the sisnosis II marked.
~ standard of operation might be select
ell, aud the students, listening through 4
cylinder, rrcelyc tho impression thsrrfrnn
a. toabout thacoffrct time when opcraily,
Interference becomes Necessary. With th'
aid Of such practical denomination IN thi
Lecture rooms 0f our colleges, I am eertAii
that our students would gain more iron
one lecture than from two dofun Of the o.
diuary and prevailing ones
"Only too frequently when We wish q
demonsiraie some particular clinical cas-
10 our studeuis with view o. illustrating
certain points u Interest therein, q prups
subject cannot b. found, aud wuF,ls mo-
fecbly take the place of iacis. Now. II 500,
Tsconls Of clinical Ctaya 10 cues private u
hospital experience could b. taken anl
ktIt, then living examples would alway
l- Ia rvadiuess aud could h. presented u
the various Stages 81 the case"
DR.. Blrycr incidrntly remarked that b
thought there Photographic pstlsui
wouli soon l,c PLACED Ia one Or more Of a.
inesiieai colleges. ile himself has q Lars
collection " cyllndc. illustrating the dil
ferunt formz 81 lung aud throat dlseasu,
including siAmmerins. coughing, huarsi
Ies. aud naAal troubles.
rnngOgHAriis ~ Ll0CrTioN,
"lou must rmeuiber,' hail Dr. hleyel
'ihaI tho many uses 10 which this Valul
bio machine may ~ put arc iust bcglnnln
90 bo realized. a practical Application q
the phon0gfaph has been suggested BY ID
l.iohari \. ls0,slthai. which il aluady pl'
ductlye Of very satisfactory rcsulta Tbs
1. the Instruction In tho pronunciation
foreign languages am told that nun
lscr Of Dr. R1ssn,hal'a pupils aTu, alnrad
engaged Ia this, tho ideal way " mAste
ing foreign languages
Ths pupil. are supplied with books 40
prepared cylinder 10 match. Tie metho
Of study i 10 train the eye aud tho ear
Tie same time, and pupil with hla lcsso
ou the cylinder, eau, by bearing u over AZ
over again. master the pronunciation VIM
the eve follows the priuisd tekt, Whlc
make him familiar with tue sIcllihs an
appearance Of tho words
iAs an automatic teacher Of eloentioi
this novel idea has been brought lnto a.
tuai execution, aud il az tho present tin
being praciicrd hy uumler Of acton, an
netrrs,e,. Tho example was seI oy ClAf
Morris, who obtained a phonograph' an
n.,l Ia 10 ascertain exactly how her sptce
,oundol shs hal becomr convinced thn
no speaker could catch The toucs OF hls q
hrr own voice exactly ~ others an
at occurred 20 her that by speaking ln'
A pbouoaraph sho could receive w tvtprn
sarreet ilea Of her vocal expression. III
80. .,,.,..l.l admirably. shn rVcltr