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Show oo SOMETHING ABOUT DREAMS. Dreams are due to an Increase of sensation and circulation over that which exists In profound sleep Observations Ob-servations made upon patients with cranial defects show that when we are dreaming the brain is greater in volume than In deep sleep and less than when wo are awake. Thus this Intermediate volume of blood would Indicate that dreams are an Intermediate Interme-diate stage betweon unconsciousness and wakefulness, and their Incomplete and irregular Intelligence would indicate indi-cate the Bamo thing. This Increased circulation 16 usually due to sensory stimulation affeotlng the vaso-motor center and causing a return of blood to the head, with resultant Increased consciousness Contrary to popular belief, dreams In themselves do not contribute to light or broken sleep In which they aro present. Such a condition is due to the ever-present stimuli, which, according to their strength or the degree of irritability of the cells, maintain even In sleep u. qarylng degree of consciousness, of which the dreams are merely a manifestation mani-festation Therefore, the fatiguing effect ef-fect often also attributed to dreams Is not due to them, but to tho lighter degree of sleep and loss complete cell restoration which they accompany, and which are duo to some Iriitatlon. r Fred ,W. Eastman In Atlantic Monthlyj |