Show INCIDENTAL INSOMNIA Sleep May Be Wooed by Taking a Series of Deep Inspirations Inspir-ations It commonly happens that persons otherwise apparently in good health find a in dlfllculty sleeping without a break their nights rest being interrupted Inter-rupted by turns of wakefulness aftei falling asleep for an hour or two they awaken a modified or Incidental in somnla takes the I place of normal ro pose says a correspondent of the Lon don Lancet I believe and I suggest that this may be due to a disturbance of the equilibrium of the cerebral clr culatloa The cause of the disturbance may be various I do not propose to enter Into the question of cause but 1 havo In many Instances successfully counteracted the result by forced in splratory movements by assisting and encouraging the return How of blood tc tho heart by a rapid and thorough ox passion of the chest cavity by the vacuity produced the blood in the great veins of the neck and upper thor ax Is sucked in and hastened on to Its ultimate destination The large serratl muscles costo scapulares are more especially called on for this duty The serratus by Its hlmlermost attchment to tho pos terlor border of the scapula as a musclo of extraordinary Inspiration requires for Its action In this ca pacity that the scapula should be steadily and firmly held to tho spine by the muscles allocated to this end In other words by the shoulders be ing vigorously held backward Tho deep breathing thus carried out for 8 12 or 15 inspirations usually suf fices to Induce the wished for somno lence Anyway It is an experiment easily tried and without risk The influence of respiratory ments Is move demonstrated by lie effect of a prolonged and forced tion The expiratory ac Impediment to tho return flow of blood Is easily to be observed when a vocalist with an neck Is uncovered singing a longsustained note the external high jugular veins will bo seen In their course across the steriiomastold muscle In a state ol extreme distension accompanied bj congestion of the veins of the head and face Indicating hindrance to the blood current toward the heart |