The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts in Canada has organized a group of doctors to help sick people in the past few months. The doctors will send patients to art galleries, instead of(give) them medicine. The museum is involved in ten experiments on patients to find out how art has an effecthealth. The patients include people with breast cancer (乳腺癌), eating disorders and mental health(problem). Thomas Bastien, director of education and wellness at the museum, believes that art can heal. He said, "We saw that the museum was good for people, so we(decide) to start this program with the doctors a few months ago. If you have breast cancer, you can come to the museum and you might feel much(well)".
Dr Helene Boyer,has a lot of experience in helping to heal people with art treatment, spoke about its advantages. She said, "There's more and more scientific evidence that art treatment is good for your physical health." She said that looking at art increasessame kinds of hormones (激素) in(we) bodies that are produced when we exercise. The museum's director-general said, "I am(complete) sure that in the 21st century, art will be what physical activity was for health in the 20th century. I am very(confidence) in it."
