| Show I j I Way Pays n and R nil Menu leans of Jf Tills I American America Disease EXT to tl d dyspepsia la greatest of N NEXT the troubles trouble afflict fillet Amen Ameri Americans cans ans Is 16 B The national i ry y is How lIow can Nin I sleepy sleep T answer answer th s question tt it 16 18 necessary in the first place to determine d how much sleep leEp is necessary nece as a i Inthe ID In the next place to tn find nut out the caul or causes caules which prevent It L The amount of sleep t ep necessary varies with the Jf Seme require more than others and gittOnE g such are ner nel nerous nelus nert t ous sus us people length Je of time one steeps sleeps depends ff n b Dabit nab It There are aret t se who that the majority of r pie steep sleep teo eD much that they are inert Iner f and stupid in conse ii e eThe The regulation of time limp to ST fren end in sleet is iss generally set down IS js I i e f ht hours Thoe Those who lead an active I i i life in the midst t of the whirl and ex excitement excitement excitement of the city require more sleep deep I than those e who in com tranquillity Carum of The causes of or insomnia are many man It may be that the room is 18 not ventilated One cannot sleep In a room that is le close or overheated The super superstition superstition that night air is unhealthy is passing awa away since it has been demonstrated dem demonstrated that health has been re restored restored restored I stored especially in to lung troubles by b sleeping in the open air airOne airOne airOne One is often orten rendered sleepless when burled buried under too many man bed boil clothes The head should not be too roo 00 high besides oftentimes preventing sleep it makes one Tea lea and coffee i taken at night will often keep one awake Tea and ot e in any am great I I amount are bad for the nerves and the heart and should not be indulged in too freely by anyone at any time The digestion and food have much to todo tie ido with Insomnia Everyone knows the I wakefulness caused by overeating or taking into the stomach before going to tobed tobed bed that which Is rich and Indigestible if sleep itself is not banished the slumber slum slumber slumber ber is disturbed by unpleasant ant dreams and nightmares nightmare Sleeplessness may also be occasioned by hunger which wl gives a gnawing sensation to the stomach I Worry orr and Anxiety The greatest disturbance to sleep is j jI that occasioned by worry and anxiety These and other states of mind result In Inan Inan Inan I an of the brain The head no sooner touches the pillow than thoughts surge sur e through the brain chas chasing ing one another with relentless and maddening haste torturing one to a wakefulness which h it seems Beems impossible to overcome Simple Remedies First of all sleep in a room with plenty of fresh air Avoid tea and cof coffee coffee coffee fee especially specially at al night and food that thatis is rich and indigestible I believe how ever that more Insomnia is occasioned by lack of food than thao by overeating Many oases ca ell of Insomnia have been cured by taking upon retiring a glass of milk and a biscuit a slice of bread and but butter butter butter ter or 01 some Borne other light refreshment such as has been found to agree with one For the insomnia of brain activity when the thoughts become uncontrollable uncontrollable uncontrollable lable in their persistence per it is well to I get et up and abandon to sleep tor for a time A hot bath Is excellent for that kind of sleeplessness as aalt it helps to distribute the blood in the body A Afoot Afoot Afoot foot bath is also good for the same ame rea reason reason reason son A simple and sometimes very ver effective effective effective tive remedy la is l a cold compress placed on the forehead bringing the ends well down dowl behind the ears where the large blood vessels which carry the blood to the head are situated The cloth will keep cool longer and be more effective if some cologne is sprinkled upon it The habit of wake wakefulness wakefulness wakefulness may have h ve been acquired by some lOme of the causes which have been ben men mentioned mentioned mentioned and the Idea takes possession pOse slon of the sleeper that he be cannot get to sleep that the power of sleep ing has nas left him This alone will pre prevent prevent vent yent sleep It can be met with a calm con consideration consideration Consideration of the subject It is w s not such a dreadful matter after all It If one loses sleep Regular and prolonged sleep is not so essential e to health as a i Is 18 popularly supposed The lack of sleep is not half as bad for the system as the worry that one indulges In because I of it U Jt it seems heartless and unsympathetic unsympathetic pathetic often otten to say this to a person pem melancholy because became of lack of sleep leep Keeping the thc Mind M Occupied The many devices of occupying the i mind with trivial thoughts to the ex exclusion exclusion of those in which one is vi vitally vitally tally tall interested is founded on sound souad physiological principles that is the mind cannot think Intently on two tW things at once The counting of Im tin Imaginary Imaginary sheep going over overn an imaginary stile has been found useful A very good way to tire out the mind and amI to change the current of thought at the same time is to recall a pleasant jour journey nev ney that th t one has taken and travel through again in Imagination each hour and each moment of each hour recalling every little detail In this way the brain is soon wearied to th sleeping paint The VAC Use of Drugs DruN Drugs are valuable in caws cases ca In the tho power of DC sleep is lost and aDd wakeful wakefulness ness nose has become a habit No one Ghoul take drugs for sleep without the ad pd advice advice vice of oC a physician Drug habits habit ar IU worse than sleeplessness The sam earn causes which prevent sleep are of tel those which would easily lead the vie vic victim Urn tim to dependence upon drugs Mor for Morphine Morphine phine habits have thus been forme Sui and and allied drug should be avoided as they act on th lb heart and ad It if long continued will caus taus disease dl ease of that organ Drugs are useful to break up th lh habit of sleeplessness and In ca tae case e where through long continued lack o 0 sleep the person has become weak an In run down then under the advice of physician take the remedies which ar thought suitable to the case A caus aus of sleeplessness which has ha not beet be mentioned is poverty of the blood I it 11 such suh cases eases the patient needs iron an nn tonics topics and should take them One of the best remedies for siren is II electricity The galvani alani Bra 1 van i 1 n current is la I used as that is 11 mere m r soda seda sedative live tive than th the in rent The hl faradic current s the une unc m that tha makes kell t c criven the buzzing sound and Is the current given riven by the ordinary cheap batteries That current is exciting and will not nut promote sleep Electricity should be administered by one who has hu knowl know knowledge knowledge edge and practice I |
