Salt Lake Telegram | 1917-08-26 | Page 16 | Your Feet Gain Weight When You Are Asleep

i iJ f S I x i v 7 v f lour r. r f j bur reet F 4 eel G. G am ain W. W Weight w elg o 1 i h t iM J JiM 1 VI When hen You Are Asleep f SaS Ji 1 s i i. i our r feet weigh more when you S- S sleet Bleep than when you ou are awake At eat that is the conclusion of or a n st st. who has experimented with S question These tests were conducted conducted conducted con con- ducted in a most interesting mannel manne was laid on a long plank S which was then placed upon a a. a crosstree crosstree crosstree cross- cross tree seesaw fashion The man upon the plank was balanced on this crosstree crosstree cross- cross tree antI and the plank remained at a a levi level l without any effort upon tipon his part But the moment that he went to sleep it b began to incline downward downwardS I S at t. t the end opposite his head This experiment was repeated with witha a number of or persons belonging to I both oth sexes and in every case the re result ye- ye suIt sult was the same In no instance did the sleepers sleeper's head incline toward tho tim ground This phenomenon is explained by the fact that the head is drained of surplus blood when a person i b asleep and the blood naturally flows toward the extremities of tho the sleeper Immediately this makes the head lighter in weight the difference being being be be- ing sufficient to upset the balance or ora ora ora a man resting in the position described described described de de- de- de scribed