Show cures for sleeplessness in nearly all hospitals where there are patients in an excitable condition who cannot sleep and where here it would be injurious to give narcotics the following method Is adopted A hot water bottle is covered with flannel and placed at the feet A thin tissue bag of thinnest silk rubber is IR partially filled mith cold water anil and Ii placed laced to the base of the brain this Is about ten inches long and six inches wide as soft as silk and only halt half filled with cold water so it does not feel bulky back of the licad head 1 in n many bases ses th alk patient goes to sleep a few minutes because this draak s the blood from the active brain which is one cause of insomnia when the patient is extremely bertous ner tous a cracker spread nith butter and sprinkled slightly with etli cayenne pepper is eaten this heats the stomach the stocking wound around the neck not too close bet ct rather snug Is an old method for it does not retard the flo flow W of bood blood from the head to tile the arteries but it does retard the flow to the licad juet jt a as the old cold water as assists fists all flipse methods are simple ellec tie ane and harmless |