Show cures for sleeplessness in nearly all hospitals where there are patients in an excitable condition who cannot sleep and where it would be injurious to give narcotics the fol lowing method ie adopted A hot water bottle Is covered with flannel and placed at the feet A thin tissue bag of thinnest silk rubber la par bially feird with cold water and placed to the base of the brain this is about ten inches long and six inches wide soft as ellk and only half filled with cold water so it does not feel bulky back of the head in many baies the patient goes to sleep within few minutes because this draws the blood from the active brain which b on cause of insomnia when the patient ie extremely nervous a crack er spread with butter and sprinkled lightly with cayenne pepper Is eaten this heats the stomach the stock las wound abound the neck not too close yet rather snug Is an old meth od tor it does not retard the flow of blood from the head to the arteries bat it does retard the flow to the had just as the cold water assists all these methods are simple effective and harmless |