SINGING AS A MEDICINE.
That singing will rid human llesli of most of the ills to which it is heir is the theory of Dr. Frossard, a teacher at. the Sorbonne in Paris, whose ideas were presented by Dr. d’Arsonval to the French Academy of Science a few weeks ago. He calls his system “phonotherapy.” Seemingly he, regards singing as a cure for all diseases except those that are caused by germs. According to Frossard, the movements of the lips, tongue and throat acting through the sympathetic nerves, send to the chest tonic impulses which expand the lungs, admitting much oxygen, and so killing disease germs and regulating the whole system. The effect after which he strives is the emission from the mouth of a steady perfectly controlled stream of air that shall continue as long as possible. It must be emitted consciously in order to be regulated. To do this, of course, involves taking much air into the lungs and holding it there. This is what singers do. It does not seem to matter much whether one sings loudly or not.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 2392, 14 February 1922, Page 4
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182SINGING AS A MEDICINE. Manawatu Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 2392, 14 February 1922, Page 4
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