Show cures for sleeplessness in nearly all hospitals where there are patients in an excitable condition who cannot sleep and where it would bo be injurious to give ho narcotics the following method Is adopted nd opted A hot witter water bottle is ia covered with flannel and placed nt at the feet A thin tissue bas bag of thinnest silk rubber Is partially mild with cold water and placed to the base of the brain this la is about ton ten inches long and six inches wide as soft as alak and only halt half filled with cold water so it does not feel tulky bulky back of the head in many eases cases the patient goes to sleep bleed within a few minutes because this draws the mood from the active brain which k fi one cabie cause of insomnia when tile the patient is extremely extrom oly nervous nerv a crack or r with butter and sprinkled with ca cayenne venne pepper Is eaten this heats the stomach the wound around the neck not too close cloe yet rather snug Is an old meth ed cd for it does not retard the flow of from the head to the arteries but bat it does retard the flow to the amad just as the cold water assists all these there methods are simple ettea clra and harmless |