The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-01-26
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SALVAGES WAR WRECK
Has Proven Especially Valuable In
Shell Shock.

| Shell Shock.
Many remarkable tales have come
from Canada concerning the rehabiii-
alton OF the wounded soldiers. Es-
/ pecially interesting stories are told
( Of the successful practice OF musico-
! therapy in the Canadian hospitals.
! Miss Margaret Anderton. who has
! been associated with this work, has
now come to New York and win con-
tinue tt in this country. She has
been engaged by Columbia universe
ty 10 organize a class which she will
instruct In her methods with view
TO using the same successful treat
rnents TO restore our OWN boys 10
health and vigor
Mss Andertdn has always believed
in the curative power of music and
before the war had effected some big
improvements and even cures by her
unusual treatments. When the
wounded soldiers began TO return to
| Canada, she felt the call to duty. and
because she is n loyal British sub
1ea. she left her musical work in
New York and has been spending
many months with the wounded and
disabled men in the Canadian mill
I tary hospitals.
The stories that she tells of her
work are inspiring as they are re-
markahle. One of the most interest
ing cases of direct cure effected by
music was the restoration of MEM
! cry TO a young captain suffering from
nphasia. IS n result OF having been
/ hurled into the air and then buried
| in the debris after the discharge of
n high explosive bomb. When Miss
| Anderton began her treatments, her
efforts seemed almost hopeless, but
one day the spell was broken, the
/ poor shocked mind came into It's own
and the captain for the first time
since his injury rernem bered his
name.
| Miss Anderton overcomea ortho-
pedic disabilities by exercises which
produce pleasing sounds from some
musical instrument, and so success
ful has she been that one of her
patients who lost n foot is now earn
ing his living playing q church pipe
organ, using his false foot to operate
the base pedals
Music Counteracts Nclanchofia-
Chronic meiancholia responds to
! music therapy with remarkable
satisfaction to the operative. A man
0t forty~fve blinded and consequent
ly most respondent was reached after
many patient efforts through the
etrun" like a piano in the miniature
; The first time he sounded the instru
mcnt m an outburst of bad temper
/ but later he was heard sounding tn,
) strings over and over again to pro
= duCe whatever pleasing sounds h
was able. A few days later. Mis-
Andcrtan returned to him TO shoy
him how to pick out the melody 0
God Save the King" So busy wa
Ia o,fu - In
away the time that hung SO heavily
a that the outhurts Of passion becam
fewer and less violent One day, hi
4 benefactor purposeiy threw his &c
string out Of tune, without the pa
TENTS knowledge Then ne gent 70
her and explained that something Ia
s. gone wrong with his toy HI
3 first lesson in tuning followed and h
o is now completing n course In plan
d tuning in the occupational sani
- tariurs OF the Canadian government
n With his mental attitude entirel
t. corrected, the man feels that afte
# all life is worth living.
A young man who had been
n blacksmith in civil life had not oni
g been gaesed but shot through IN
It lung. Miss Anderton appreciate
n that singing would be less nonoton
y Gus exercise than Just deep breathins
e The young Welshman developed re
. markably sweet tenor voice and wa
q later engaged by a vaudeville agenc
n TO sing at $40 week to begin witt
= and was later increased to SEQ. Thi
y has made II possible for him to realiz
q life ambition to become an eiectrI
cal engineer.
. In England Vocal Therap
!, Fund" has been established to pre-
|. mote the restoration of the powers c
, speech lost to soldiers through she
= shock and. in general. the physical an
I mental health OF sick, wounded an
y dsa bled sailors and soldiers in hos
> pitfalls, convalescent camps and train
l. ing centers,
fAEhtfoot Goes Up.