Democratic Sentinel, Volume 17, Number 16, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 May 1893 — Music Needed by Invalids. [ARTICLE]

Music Needed by Invalids.

In the Medical Magazine Doctor Blackman says that the effect of music is transmitted by the reflex action of the nerves which govern the blood supply, that it directly affects the circulation of the blood, the blood pressure sometimes rising and sometimes falling, and that the action of music on animals and man expresses itself for the mast part by. increased frequency of the beats of the hea:t. Tha r , heuee, music is needed, for the invalid and becomes an important factor in restoring the uervom invalid to health,