Show c = T PHYSIOLOGY AND HYGIENE Practical Suggestion That Will Interest Thoso Who Suffer from Sleeplessness Sleep like many other functions ismerelya i a matter of circulation and of diminished supply of blood to tho brain When we go to bed with our brains still active and worry t o over the days work or excite ourselves over tho days pleasure wo do not go to sleep and I shall not until by some means wo have driven or drawn tho blood from tho brain to some other part of tho body Tho worst possible thing is to keep tho head hot by wrapping it up or using very soft pillows A hair pillow is often better than pillow of feathers A warm foot bath or hip bath is a common com-mon expedient and tho yet simpler ono plunging tho hands and wrists into hot water is often efficacious towel or handkerchief hand-kerchief wrung out of eau do cologne and water every ono has tried and an ice bag to tho head is tho same idea moro thoroughly carried out Hobust persons whoso circulation circula-tion is quick recommend a cold water or cold air bath on tho principle that tho blood driven from the skin by tho shock will comeback come-back presently with redoubled vigor A hot bottle or hot brick is a safer and pleasanter remedy for weak people and for children who when they worry about their lessons after they go to bed generally havo a burning burn-ing head and ice cold feet The surest way to get a bad night is to cat an indigestible supper but on tho other hand a small quantity of light food taken just before bedtime often promotes sleep especially es-pecially in those who hare been exercising their brain since tho last meal A cup of hot milk or cocoa or better still a cup of beef tea or beef extract scads many a person to sleep who without it would have lain tossing for hours Hot lemonade answers tho purpose in many cases and is besides a food that is often wanted Little children who have tea early often sleep better after a bit of bread and butter or a biscuit and a drink of milk and wl11etimc if they wako up and lie awoke an hour or so they sleep again quickly if they aro fed Many bad sleepers might pursue pur-sue tho samo plan with advantage Tho remedy depends on tho very simple fact tha nothing can bo in two places at once and that if the blood is called to the stomach for purposes of digestion it cannot remain in tho head to bo wasted in worrying It is to be regretted that somo remedy for tho distressing wakefulnessof old persons cannot can-not bo added They do not need so much sled as young ones and it is quito natural that it should not como to them But tho days are long and tho evenings aro dull and they cant see to amuse themselves and so they retiro when 10 oclock strikes and hopo rather unreasonably to sleep till lato next morning Nature asks them for less and they give her more and grumble because sho does not accept Moreover they have often discounted dis-counted the powers of sleep that they have by dozing during the day Soinoof thc above suggestions may bo useful even here however and in addition it may bo said that tho complaint com-plaint of sleeplessness is seldom made by women of tho hard working classes who if they go to bed at 10 rise long before S and occupy themselves to weariness during the day Troublesome ringer Nails Most persons arc familiar with those troublesome troub-lesome bits of skin which loosen at the roots of the finger nails it is caused by tho skin adhering to tho nail which growing outward drags the skin along with it stretching it until ono end gives way To prevent this the skin should be loosened from the nail once a week not with a Imifo or scissors but with a blunt ivory instrument and this is ba done after soaking the fingers in warm watt then pushing tho skin back gently and slow Keznedy for llratlachc Dr Little of Dublin states that migranous headache is best relieved by twenty grains of salicylato of sodium in a wineglassful of water mado effervescent by tho addition of a dessertspoonful of effervescent granular citrate of caffeine Tho doctor has not found tho latter alone efficient |