New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-02-07
THE MUSIC CURE.
HOW 1T IS USED ABROAD TO RELIEVE
PAIN AND DISEASE.
From The Boston Transcript.


before The present year Of 1891 gives place TO its
oessor TINS muslc-cure discovery may result In
fact IN permanent revolution. speak re.
speeding the successful treatment Of certain all
ments 10 which human flesh IL heir
The discovery Of this new and novel method OF
treatment Is Due to DR., Paul Rivera. learned
physician OF Munich who for years has devoted
much OF his time TO scientific research
novel and VET r. TO ot his asGoyGy as new ana
since FOR quite number % years the 'music-cure"
the physicians Of Bavarias capiai While pans for
a hospital devoted wholly to the treatment Of
rpar% near v I'VE ycar ro Sy
Baab, an eminent German architect. owing 10 the
time ago for her neuralgia ailmcnts OF long stand.
ing, ana cured by certain strains OF sound repeated
grown in such strength that II has nj last been
deemed advisable to establish a ''music-cure" hos.
under way.
DIR. RIVERRA THE DrsCOVERER
The dscoverer Of the music cure" DIR Pan,
RIVERA mas recently arranged in his laboratory in
M1nlch curious device. which l. none other than
fGyS T.. ~ n@t In 9ther words The harp In cues:
when the door Is opened the Instrument givcs out
tached to the back of rocking chair in ybi M az,
patient sits and the movement OF the rocker serves
ducing on the invalid most SOOTHING eye Gus pro-
Being interrogated on the subject a short time
ago, DIR. Rivera after some hesitation remarked;
i cannot just At present exploit il. for / am
exposed to severe ridicule."
He stepped 70 his library and took down a book
However" he continued 81 am greatly encour-
aged in my work by certain statements recorded IN
ms diary 10y the celebrated NJ Fourcarde OF Paris
statements recorded over half century ago
wherein he narrates how he IL advocating the uss
Of a few drops OF a certain medicine as a s,Ibsti.
ute Tor bleeding IN cases Of low fever Because Of
TINS departure in the code OF treatment great rdI.
cule was being heaped upon him by the medical
profession OF the time, and in his diary he refers
AZ much length 10 This ridicule the part Of his
nretaren, among other expressions making use OF
=" i cannot WALK the streets without hearing tho
a. ',astsful terms "lunatic" and "quack' applied
Continuing. DR.. Rivera adds: Fifty years age
cram, franks were unknown, elsewIse NJ. Fourcarde
by V s6n ea at I'm fear am
s ser am fteaty encouraged In my discovery.
ing diseases have prepared the way for every Kind
OF painless cure, and this is. indeed the age OF
me early part OF the present century and from
that day to the present hour the painless treatment
Laughing gas was a great step IN advance but
cocaine was greater step, and now I believe
exponent Of all This last belongs really to the
yapor medicines; such as chloroform. for the reA-
son II acts on the senses.
DAVID THE FIRST MUSICAL DOCTOR
do WitG the muSc cure may be said have to
When Davla PLAYED 10 so9the the perturbed spirit
effort TO relieve great distress was when the singer
Belar In the sixteenth century. put 10 sleep the
ltdHdu pdtIoH OF sculpture, Prince Bellargrayia.
The Prince awakened after twelve hours slumber
wholly relieved Of the terrible rheumatic pairs
which had prevented his obtaining sleep for over
And now, regarding our present plans for a mu.
the case Of the lneippiststo advertise cure for
every III OF mind or body. any more than we would
the sun, or that iron itself Is universal medicine
Ey w SpGs s no G others nrv of ar certain
lay I'll stress SIS on curing pain Now, everybody
lnlllenpp ic d.r<,f
The mothers lullaby Is founded upon IT, and the
singing 70 lnvalids is also based on the soothing
effects OF harmonious sounds. Then. TOO. reading
10 the sicand there societies ban ID rogethe nj
for this sickroom dyerslon-s only branch OF THAI
The real philosophy of the cure lies in this
Pain will depart if YOU only give 1t sufficient time
sleep for period of weeisZwhie his pain IL
cured But. of course. the difcuIty in The mater
=. =. 20 get MN TO sleep The music cure. however
he nu@nc Of music has IBIS ''F eec t4 RI.
P aIieht hears me pleasant sounds and does not
fact well known in every hospital. Patients who
hours while Sunday hymn singing is taking place.
WAGNER FOR THE NERVOUS
We shall have a ward In our music hospita,
expressly FOR pain patients where they can hear
the most interesting character music There will
of disease sSF Rere is pa Music For fhs
Nagners, partly because his music is largely de-
The house and 90 to- the Barn 5e with haT pa IL
hand You hear the first tinllle OF the white drops
she fills her pail one by one the cows are nooing
Tor their turn. and AT last when all the cows
are MIXED, you see the maid carrying her dainty
burden to the dairy Now. the story viii first be
toid the patients in mere words. after which they
VIII hear II expressed Ia music the effect OF which
vii be 70 relieve them from pain. and so make
hem yell all being accomplished you see.
through the spell Of music.
We DO not propose TO abandon the use Of songs
h ra , VIII yo ser Eoa b G purpose At tines
because they are so blue In mind that they fail
to arouse ambition sufficient 70 rally from their dis
orders IN music Will keep up their interest in and
- peculiar feature in this method OF treatment,
= III me CHARACTER OF sounds 10 serve given
purpose. For instance, certain ailments are hest
while others require loud compelling strains and
these several conditions Will be arranged for in
This 'music-cure' hospital idea Is not German
lelusion. very far from r. only very few years
United States as an imposition a fraud but today
Bellevue Hospital New-York. is considering with
'otism our hospital here IN Munich already has
cn o Gn2 ana IN constant me- use The next thing
viii provide FOR will he chair Of music. though /
inc 10 come a hospital devoted entirely TO tho
music cure.
The .music-cure' idea Is making progress NOT
,ny in Europe-ospecialiy in Germany ard Ftancss
hut In the United States. At the present time
physicians in the United states. who saws that he
las advocated for some time employing nurses in
lospitals who can sing to patients suffering from
IN our music treatment have often forms
hat patients can not only relieve. but cure ihom-
elves whore they suffer from severe headache
'arache and even sciatica. A. one time We rad
Young lady who was greatly afflicted during cer-
ain hours with pains in her back. We advised tho
music cure. and 20 when she felt her pain coming
N she would sit down the piano and whtie
l"ary fainting from pain would touch a fcw notes
lere and there. the effect OF which was 10 anford
Ter almost instant relief
1T * fact beyond dispute that indigestion has
""n cured by listening TO music while eating Music
elcyos worrimrn OF every kind. ard Drecludes the
'ossibility OF nervous Indigestion Soloiorre made
mself famous In lS1 with his hospital for the IN
are. He had band OF music stationed In tho
main hallway OF his hospital. and had il play NJ
requ"nt lntervals IN this way the brain Of the m
ane man was kept from drawing on its exhausted
uppy or gray matter the result being many az
be patients recovered. | thoroughly believe in
he music cure and am confident In time y VIII
ompletely revoutonizc the treatment of disease"
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