Show TO SLEEP WELL A ight sappey J bast i before retiring la usually A light supper just before retiring retinas is ia usually of advantaged advantage babies Babie and sand brute animals are usually usually somnolent when their stomachs are well weh supplied with food the activity of the stomach withdrawing the excess of blood from the brain where it is not needed during daring sleep on the other hani band people who are very hungry usually find it ui to to sleep aad then a habit of sleep sh p at a regular time and d during proper hours houas b be cultivated io fri cows ca this haat has been lost in accomplishing this the attainment ofaf of 0 favorable a state of z s ind is of great importance sleep cannot be enforced by a direct exercise of the will the vety very effort of tile the will to command seep is enough to render its attadi attainment ent atory tile the mental state to be encouraged is orize one of q I 1 one of indifference p L feeling that the recumbent posture is a proper one for rest and that if the thoughts axe are disposed to continue active they may be safely allowed to take their course without n phout any effort beffart toward control this state of mind and thought is next akiu akin to dreams and dreaming is next akiu to sound sleep many mental methods have been advised and put in practice for the pur nose of securing sleep tie the design being to turn the thoughts from objects of interest to a condition of f monotony as by menta men taly liy repeating well kemem bed phrases or sentences centen ces ow or by counting I 1 but the state of indifference if this can be obtained is likely to bo be the most efficient as being the least active the mere mem rap mention antion of these simple methods will be sufficient to suggest others equally effective medical record |