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Show HtgJ Batataa wmmmmamm ,11 H WORK FOR THE BLIND. B Mttttf Stems Proper Occupation for B tht Afflicted. H I. Matlmon urret tho adoption of H HLUuso by tho blind, citing tbe ex- H aunpli of tho Japanese, among whom H it It 'practiced almost entirely by per- B lua thut afflicted. S ht la not necet- H ftary (or effectual wor in uilt line, H prorldlnc the operato ba familiar H With the musculf ersttm and knows Hl too art of masss.o thoroughly Swetl- PHj- "en, SwItrerlatK" and Belgium are fol- PV lowing; tho eiamplos of Japan In this PHGJ roipect, and tho author describes a PHn class meet! g held In Brussels by PR J Professor 0 Daniel for tbo Instruc- S Hon of about a dozen blind persons PEv four theoretical lessons are given at Kj) the beginning of the course as to tho M Value of massage and Its application K The fifth lesson Is devoted to the PPSj ttudy of tho skeleton the sixth and H seventh to tho muscles which movo B tho various portions of tho body Each H pupil palpatca tho muscles on a liu H man subject. Tho following lessons H concern massago Itself, and are con- H tlnued until the pupils are Individual! H well versed In tho art. They are then H admitted to practlco In the clinic, and B perfect themselves In the vocation by HBV means of which they are afterward en- Hj abled to etrn their living |