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MAIL TRIBUNE, Medforo', Or.
Thursday, Aug. 13, 1959
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Humor Found
Safety Valve for
Hospital Patients
London (Science Service) -
That peculiar human trait,
laughter, is a "safety valve"
for hospitalized patients.
Humor provides not only an
outlet for hostility and discon
tent in the hospital setting,
but it also allows the patients
to entertain, reassure, and
communicate with one an
other. Thus, laughter has an im
portant social function, ac
cording to Dr. Rose L. Coser,
reporting in the English social
science journal Human Rela
tions.
Own Brands of Humor
Institutionalized patients,
like manv other erouDS. such
as soldiers and secretaries and
even nationalities, have their
brands of humor. The
jocularity of patients, Dr. Co
ser said, can be understood in
terms of their anxiety, sub
mission to hospital autnomy
and the rizid routine.
A typical feeling reported to
her by one patient was: "I was
very apprehensive. I was
frightened to death. I did not
know what to expect."
The humor ttrTti as
means to ward off danger, to
rebel against authority, and
to obtain relief from mechani
cal routine.
Much of the humor takes
the form of ffrimne. For ex
ample, a patient told Dr. Co
ser, "Dinner was no good;
.what I cook is better." A few
.minutes later, however, she
told a fellow patient, "Tnose
.hamburgers today were as
hard as rocks; if I'd bounced
them against the wall they'd
come right back. The . pa
tients responded with laugh
ter. - ,
Has purpose
This type of jocular gripe
might not tickle another
group, but it has its purpose
.in-the hospital setting, Dr.
Coser said. .". . . it helps pa
tients to regain their identity
1 through collective triumph
'over their weakness and at
-the same time to release their
'grudges in 'substitute com
plaints." Dr. Coser concluded that a
J'story well told, which, in a
.few minutes, ententains, re
assures, conveys information,
"releases tension, and draws
people more, closely together,
: may have more to contribute
than carefully planned lec
tures . . . toward the security
of the frightened sick."
Dr. Coser is a sociologist at
McLean Hospital, Belmont,
Mass.
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