The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1893-07-29

! them in therapeutics. a. WEI n. IN
J everything else. There are wa,a.
cures ard rest cures, gree cures and
movement cures faith cures, mind
cures and gold cares; and now wa
are 10 have the masic cure.
Music began with the creetton-
when the morning stars sang 10.
| gctAcr" The invc1tioa OF mn Seal
instruments Is claimed by tile gyn.
tiana for Their god Thoth by Tia
! Greeks ,or thcir god llermcs. Or.
! pheus. 81 Of tie latter .Nith hls
-. olden she'll charmed the three.
! headed Cerbcrus and oltanod an.
trance 10 thc drcad realm If r!uto
there to seek his list il yc urv. ieo,
On tho wall Of the Woman bald.
| ins At Tie fair you may her dc.
! pigted in Ill her gr. ccful nudity.
! lut rs Drphcus TOO much cnrap.
turcd with her Ecauty, gives tie
forbidden backward lccI, that ,oseycr
| roIands her 10 the shades .peiow.
In the scriptures jubal Cain ia
named as the first maker CT mn Teal
Instruments, says the Chicago Inter
ocean. But this being before the day
| Of expo -itiDns, award committees or
! musical directors, how shall we de-
eide as TO which Belongs the honor?
BE that as i may, Of one thing there
never has been, nor ever can be any
questiou-and that is. the influence OF
music, vocal or Instrumental, upon
the feelings Armies have gone forth
TO battle led by its inspiring strains
1t has been and will ever be the cad
concomitant OF the merry dance the
banquet hall, ana IN bridal process.
sion. 1t, anthems will re echo in
lofty cathedra!s. and it HYMNS he
sung IN lowly C ttagcs; its lullabies
will SOC the TO slumber sick b. bies on
mothers bosoms, and its strains
awaken tender memories of bygone
days and touch the heart TO fears
And yet. knowing the might Of
this medium and its compelling
power. IL has been reserved for the
latter part Of the nineteenth century,
for our own day, to apply ii to the
grateful task of acting as remedial
agent in ameliorating pain and sub
DUNG disease.
An illustrious Russian physician,
DR.. 5. Dogiel, together with Mr..
Blackman of Portsmouth. England.
has made curious observations as TO
the effect which music produces by
reflex action, on the nervous centers
that direct circulation As the gcn.
cral work of organic nutrition is
intimately related to the activity OF
the circulation, we may consider
music Il powerful stimulant of nutri-
ton and use il in ce tain cases a. a
therapeutic agent of positive value.
That it does exercise an cvidcNt in
fuence on the circulation is shown
by the augmentation or diminutjon
OF the arterial pressure accelerating
in man as well as lower animals
the movement of the heart Equal
changes in respiration accompany
the variations in circulation. both
varying in proportion to the tone
and intensity of the sounds. and so
influencing by these effects the per-
sonal condition of the individual
This new treatment has been put
in practice in the English hospitals
OF Bolton and Helcnsburg. A society
has been formed in London, called
the "Aureola of st Cecilia" with
the Rev. Mr. Hartford canon of
Westminster, as pre- sident, to con-
tinue the experiments by applying
the influence of music to the sick, az
physical and moral sedativc: to
form musical iniirmaries, which may
be at the disposal of physicians; and
TO install, at central point of the
British metropolis. a .'place Of
musical succor." where persons shall
he ready night and day to transmit
music by means of telephones to hos
pitfalls or private houses.
In Helensburg "a committee OF
musical nurses has been organized to
give concerts. vocal and instruments
al, In hail OF telephones. In the surg
lcai clinics. whore one always (hears
groans and cries Of pain. the listen
ing TO telephone music imparts
peaceful silence, and the most az
liicted patients sleep swcctly. lulled
by soothing harmonies At the same
time the fever is lowered aud the
suffering greatly diminished. In
cases of Insomnia excellent results
are obtained by means of music boxes
that bring sweet sleep down from
the blissful skys"
No doubt this treatment will soon
become popular, and ere long we may
see the physician come attended by
musicians, or else telephone COM
munications be established between
the sick chamber and music halls
Then, too the doctor in writing out
his prescriptions will add:
Selections from "Lohengrin" -. g minutes
Danse Macahre de Saint Saons" j. Is minutes
carnival de Schumann" .......... 10 minutes
And how eagerly the patient Will
welcome the musical medicine, and
what happy opportunity for poor
musicians without pupils or engage
ments.
scnsitive tn "a Degree.