MUSIC AND COLOR

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LIV, Issue 16706, 25 July 1928, Page 2

MUSIC AND COLOR

STIMULATING EFFECTS CURATIVE POWERS ON AILMENTS fSpecial to tho Herald.) AUCKLAND, this day. The , red petticoat, which nowadays formed a- subject for rather musty musichall jokes and which our forebears wore, had definite- curative properties, according to Dr. P. Fehnerly, past president of the British Association bt' Practical Psychology, in an address delivered to the Auckland Psychology’ Glub. when he spoke on the stimulating effects of music and color. Tie said between tOO and 10,000 psychologists in England wore red flannel because of its curative effecton various ailments. Dr. Fennerly went, on to say that orange and yellow acted as mental stimulants, green soothed the nerves and reduced the blood pressure, and blue reduced inflammation, varicose veins and head noises. Blue also acted as a steriliser and preserver. Blue glasses were used to-day to remove cataracts from the eyes. Violet calmed the mentallydepressed during their periods of depression. When color was first suggested as a curative means it had been very coldly received hv doctors in England, but now the subject was being more widely discussed and more practical use was, made of it.