Salt Lake Telegram | 1935-12-19 | Page 9 | Cure for Sleep Attacks Reported Found; Lad Who Laughed Self Weak Relieved

Cure for Sleep Attacks Reported Found Lad Who Laughed Self Weak Relieved CHICAGO Dec Dee 19 UP UP- UP Brief Brie attacks of oC deep sleep when a person should ho ld b be awake awak C can be stopped effectively by use of oC a it compound c called lIed benzedrine the Journal of lh the American m M Medical Medi dl- dl cal al l Association sS r today The compound brought complete complete completo com com- pleto relief In nine C cases J of oC narcolepsy nar sleep attacks treated by Dr Myron Los Angeles Angeles An An- geles eles and rind Dr Wilfred Bloomberg Bloomberg Bloom Bloom- berg berl Bo Boston ton who reported re results re- re suits Ulu of ot th their lr experiments One case cae was that of ot a 1 19 year old student who received A Ablow ablow ablow blow on the head In a football game That night he had an attack of oC momentary weakness of ot the thel l legs g and t tell fell ll down the rs i reported port d. d ThIS w was wM i t f followed l li v w d 6 By attacks of ot drowsiness es and sleep of oC gradually Increasing g frequency Ire Ire- quency until he ho was having about six lx bc Attacks daily dally He also 1 had momentary generalized weakness wh whenever he laughed The st student was wa given small dos doses of ot ben benzedrine dal daily daIY result result- In In complete rell relief from h his sleep leep ep attacks They reported that th the compound compound compound com com- pound has a pr profound stimulating l ing irig g effect on n th the higher f c centers nt rs of t th the c central nervous vo r-vo- sr system tem