Piano Playing And Neurosis

A correspoí.uing memoer oí me rana cademy of iledicine has sent to that l.iarned bodj a memoir n which he rnaintains thit the numerous cases of chlorosis, neurosis, and aeurasthenia abserved am tng young girls is due to lsarning to ylay on the piano and tu the hours dwvoted to practiclng. H lias drawn i p careful statistics from -hich he cocludes that, among 6,000 I upils obligEj before atta ning the age ti 12 to learii to play the piano, nearly Z per cent sv.ffer from ner-'ous troubles. ' 'he author loes not attempt to draw p statistics of the victims among per: ons who hí.ve to listen to their r;rmans.