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Ragtime Medicine Aids Anesthesia Recovery At Hospital
A 1920s report describes using ragtime music during anesthesia recovery to calm nerves and quicken awakening. At New York hospitals patients emerged from ether or chloroform more cheerful with fewer headaches, aided by phonograph selections from You Wore a Tulip to lively tunes in convalescent wards.
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New York
Aurora
St Joseph's Hospital
Ino Beagacne
Phyamid
Bethis
Efprcd
Angela
Nol
Edigon
Angels
Aden
Hvety
Distr
Eelle Bomere Ma Big Hospital
Supply House
Eac Dig
Fendart
Pertito
Denver
Wits
Ian Vane
Junnity
Diane
Myers Wong
Hiltin Tole
Poateud
Massiony
Vast Mai