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Show patients aided by radio Helped to Forget Their Shattered Nerves and Takes the Place of Sedatives. Combating the drug habit was not among the uses to which It was believed be-lieved that the radio could be put, even by its most optimistic promoters. Yet It has been discovered that patients pa-tients in hospitals equipped with radio sets which can pass along afternoon and evening concert programs, are helped to forget their sufferings and are less in need of narcotics to quiet their shattered nerves. The radio goes far toward carrying into the wards the gaycty and cheer that have boon hitherto only for the healthy world outside. Inasmuch as nil doctors doc-tors agree that many drug addicts acquire ac-quire the addiction during convalescence convales-cence In hospitals, this achievement becomes one of the most Important that has thus far been set down to the credit of the radio. The radio may remain a toy or a jest for the healthy nnd cynical. It has already established estab-lished Itself as n heaven-sent blessing for shut-ins. New York Tribune. The Bright Side. "Any luck on your fishing trip this morning?" "No. Didn't get a bite." "That's too bad." "Not at all. It's Just as well. If I'd caught enough fish for dinner the wife would hnve made nie clean them aud I hate that job." |