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Show ; PATIENTS AIDED BY RADIO : Helped to Forget Their Shattered j 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 promorers. 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 I wards the gayety and cheer that have been hitherto only for the healthy , world outside. Inasmuch as all doctors doc-tors agree that many drug addicts ac-, ac-, quire the addiction during convales- cence in hospitals, this achievement becomes one of the most Important j that has thus far been set down to the j credit of the radio. The radio may j remain a toy or a jest for the healthy and cynical. It has already established estab-lished Itself ns a heaven-sent blessiny for shut-Ins. New York Tribune. The Bright Side. ! "Any luck on your fishing trip th'.3 i morning?" "No. Pidn't get a bite." "That's too bad." "Not at nil. It's just ns well. If I'd i caught enough tish for dinner the wife would have made me clean them and I hate that Job." |