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Show 9 : YOUR HEALTH V OR R. H. BISHOP. vorn sT.i rjv A certain amount of restful f1P is required of every individual v,i b would be nor.a-lly healthy. Any disorder or disturbs ;irc of sleep may be serious, especially In th elderly. Individuals ary grea'.lv In the amount of aleep they require, and at different ose there are different dif-ferent needs. Some few of ns can get along even on four hours, but mo3t of us neoJ at least ciuht and sometimes ten. There are also tern peramcntal difference &. and arlat;ol)s resulting from naMt and circum-.-tanccs. Infants sleep most of the 24 hours At 4 years, 12 hours are needed: at 14, 10; at 1" "'s and 7 or during adult life. In old ago continuous i sleep Is rare, hut frequent naps by day as well as by night maintain a fair I average. More s-eop Is renulred In I cold than In temperate or warm Cll- j mates. A cool, dark iule. well-ventl'atcd : room, pomfortablo bed, and adequate but not excessive covering are con-i con-i duclvc to sleep A preparatory pe-' pe-' riod of sleepines.; Is natural, and in ease of Insomnia ought to be CUltl-! CUltl-! vated. Habit is nil powerful, hero I as generally llegular hours for retiring re-tiring an.l arising arj most import -I ant. j Practically every deviation from health Is marked by disturbances of . ieep. Once a bad slee-p habit Is es-I es-I tablished it tends to persist. Many people are hereditarily poor sleeper Hunger, over-feeding. Indigestion, gout, kidney trouble, various drug :'d-dictlons, :'d-dictlons, tea. tobacco, alcohol, ftver, tiiitl.lrln lv A -r,.-it.rini rfr li too little blood In the brain, heart, maladies, discomfort. pain, nervous , exhaustion, mental preoccupation In-I In-I tense study such are among the causes inciting to sleeplessness oo |