Show SIGN OF SOMETHING WRONG drowsiness during normal waking hours Is something that should be looked into sleepiness Is a normal and healthy condition when it occurs at the usual bedtime and when not extreme and overpowering but it la not always as soc with sleep some persons in perfect health and excellent sleepers hardly know the meaning ot drowse ness they are active mentally and physically until they are in bed then sleep comes at once and when it leaves them in the morning they are again in full mental awareness awa keness thera are less fortunate tort persona who have a complete and sati factory nights rest who are yet al most drowsy they are al ways but when the head touches the pillow sleep recedes and the night is a succession of drowsy lapses to sleep with the instant return of consciousness semi in general with the exception noted at the beginning of this article brows iness Is abnormal and indicates some thing wrongs either in the body of the sufferer or in his habits those who habitually cut off their hours of sleep the night owls and the burners of the midnight oil pay for their bad habit by attacks of sleepiness in the afternoon and early evening later unfortunately after the influence of digestion wears off the drowsiness appears and then relieved of his bur den the person sits up to all hours again thinking in that way to make up for the hours lost by drowsiness it he would abandon his owlish habit go to bed betimes and get his seven or eight hours of continuous sleep anat he needs his daytime and evening drowsiness would disappear he could do more and better work and find life much more enjoyable A slight drowsiness Is often noticed after a hearty meal because active dl gestson draws a greater volume of blood to the stomach po that the brain Is relatively poorly supplied in some southern countries this tendon cy Is favored and the siesta after the noon mea Is a national custom with us the after dinner cup of black coffee often drives away the impulse to sleep whether for good or ill may be left to the physiologists determine sometimes we hear of attacks of sleepiness occurring suddenly at tain periods ot the day or at irregular intervals these are altogether ab normal and in such cases here Is al most always some poison at work in the nervous centers usually a self manufactured poison which because it Is made in too great quantity or be cause constipation or kidney disease prevents its rapid elimination acau mutates in the system an essential in the treatment treat fent ot such cases la dieling dieting meat should be given up for a time at least and tha only beverage allowable Is water 01 milk youth s companion |