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 .Tas would of course. aFpfs-onis ro taas. who normally enjoy worS, s- it fs not asserted that musical rezf E.H develop love for 1abo= Or perform any ether miracle. In fact, his contention is very modeze compared with those who adYoc&,e music as a panacea.
 These last have nothing new te= offer, as the assertion that music is a potent remedy is as old, cer- tainly, as the Hebrew Scriptures and they but revive assertions set down in the old books. When put to the test most advocates Of musl- cal therapeutics have nothing def mite to offer as to how to admin ister music for the relief Of vari ous ailments, nor are they able to say that it can be adjusted to the needs of the individual.
 Convinced by certain well au- thenticated cures that there is something ill il, they 90 stamblin ab6Rt in a slough of suggestion as to how to begin and how to pro ceod. First there is talk abont getting the patients keynote. Just what is done with it when it is ob tained is not always made plain. What Kind oi Music. When it comes to the kind Of music to be used there is opportunity for endless assertions There is quick music for slow diseases and slow mu- i ic for quick diseases; certain com 1 poser offers remedy for one class of ailments, while the work of others will aid those suffering from other disabilities. Some say that the com poser must fit not alone the disease, i but the person who is suffering from it. When all this and more a great deal more-has been deter mined, then, with the patients con- sent, the experimenting begins.
 Again there are musical practition- CTS who advocate, when the intricate matter of the prescription is once set ted that the music shall be admins tered with stringed instrument which can be laid on or near the af, fected part of the body. These belong to the branch of musical therapeutic people who believe tbat harmoniou; vibrations, in accord with the univer- sal vibrations which carry messages through the air, heal by restoring such vibrations as are normal anf putting one in tune with nature.
 Others. equally enthusiastic as t the curative power of music, ho!t that this is altogether too matera and is quite wrong, as it is an ethica matter only: that it is to mind ant not to matter that the musical appea is to be made These assume tha when the mind is put in perfect har mony that is in equilibrium, tn body, which from the soul it's forn doth take must of necessity be per fectly adjusted and become healthy.
 While the people of high though, and those of thought not so high, ar out for key notes of their patients for composers, compositions and wha not, in the musical line which is t cure all the diseases flesh is heir to-
 there is a recently established schoo near New York where how to deter mine al this is to be taught-th
 physician already cited has, as il believes, found the simple princip
 which underlies it all.
 Finding that when music fully en
 gagged the attention of his patient
 each muscle, nerve and even fiber re faxed in a way which enabled natur perfectly to adjust itself, the docto began a series of observations Tn : result was that he found that dos S of music often gave more refreshin