The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-01-10

his laboratory, DR.. Rivera was pusy rls-
ging up a door harp provided WIN Ii no
strings ia the key OF h nat; III was o ~ no
fastened upon a door which, when open Open,
ed would give forth pleasant rlhbliis
sound. The same harp could also DC
nIaced upon the back of a rocking -chitr'
In which the afflicted patient coulu ST.
THE MUSIC DOCTOR.
When asked to talk about his cure"
the Doctor hesitated. am not I .y
ready 10 exploit it yet" said he De
cause / am afraid 1t Is premature anu
may expose me TO ridicule. -.
"Set.J he continued, taking a DOCK
down from a shelf, Il am encOuIasSu 10y
a leaf from the diary OF enc NJ. foul-
carde written in Paris nity years ago.
DR.. Fourcarde tells now ne - ,i,na ~
the use of few drops or medicine 20
take the place of bleeding In cases OF
low feyers The ridicule heapeu upon
him is depicted in this touching hne' 1
cannot walk in the street without r, s,1 near Of
me "Quack" on every hand.
"In those days they did not nave
cranks. or he would have been called a
crank. as now fear that l sh an pc l,oo-
Il am b!dden, however, be OF GOOD cheet
for the water cures and hypnotic treat,
ments have prepared the way LOT All
kinds of painless cures. .
This Is the age of the painless cur;
Anaesthesia began in the early part OF
the present century. From that time 10
this the painless treatment mas gone
steadily on. Laughing gas was misnly
leap forward. Cocaine was sun a greater
1ump. invented for local use IN the lil,
ness of your Gen. Ulysses ;. Grant, ana
then came all the marvellous painless
medicines led by phenacetine, Music rs
the last exponent OF them al. IL properly
belongs TO the Vapor medicines Ike chio-
roform as IL acts on the senses.
'"The music cure" continued the Doc
tor. began in the days when David play
ed to soothe the soul Of Saul. The next
yccord we have of a musical cftrt re-
lieying great distress was wnen the sing
err Bellari. I'm the sixteenth century put
20 sleep Prince Bclargravia. the ltallan
patron OF sculpture. The Prince woke
after "A twelve hours sleep completely re-
lieved of the rheumatic pains that had
kept him awake two wccks-for in those
DAYS there were no sleeping poticns.
''The singer Raaf. In the cEhtcchln
century. cured the fever Of the Princess
Pignatelli by singing "rhe Saxon 10 her'
and I'm the beginning of the present CEN
fury Durcc. OF Paris. cured q man OF
PARALYSIS by making him sing the mar
scillaise" over and over again.
PLAIN FOR HOSPITAL.
without quoting more cases. and mcdi-
cine Is iilled with them SAID the Doc
tor Il will pass 10 our present plan for
a musical hospital cure.
I'VE shall not, as the kneippists DO.
advertise a cure for every ill OF mind or
body, any more than We would declare
that electricity cures everything, or That
iron Is a universal medicine. We VIII
cure certain troubles and let others alone.
"Our strong point Will be the cure OF
pain. As every one knows, the power OF
music upon pain Is great. The lullaby
principle in the nursery Is founded upon
It, and the singing 10 inva1ds is based
upon the soothing effect OF sounds. Read
Ing aloud TO the sick-and there are so
cieties banded together for this sick
room diversions only a branch Of This
same cure. Acting upon this We Will
have large wards filed with pain pa
tients.
''The philosc ply OF It all IS that pain
will 20 away If you give 1t time enough.
II you could put a patient TO sleep for
two weeks, while his pain Is raging, he
will awake well. But you can't DO II.
'"rhe music cure acts by putting him
TO rest. He hears the sounds and does
not feel the pain while he IS listening.
This Il a We'll known fact I'm every hos
pital. Patients that are grooming with
agony become quiet for two hours while
Sunday psalm singing Is going on.
"Our music hospital Will have "a ward
for pain patients where they can hear in
tcrcsting music. Words. with many
verses telling narrative. will keep them
quiet and they Will hear long tales Of old
time events and the present songs Ct the
DAY. III,
ness For this there IS nothing like
Wagner's music. Tits is descriptive mu-
sic. You see mlkmaid come out Of the
house and go TO the barn with her pail
in her hand. You hear the first tinkle Of
the drops I'm the pail with the maid
grooming her song as the pan fls. the
cattle around are mooing TO her for their
turn: and YOU finally 50" the milk maid
carry the pail 10 the dairy.
This story will first be told IN words
then the patient will listen 10 hear II In