Show MUST GET TO ROOT OF EVIL only real cure for insomnia la Is to remove the causes that have brought it on the chief cause of 0 sleeplessness 1 I said dr robert jones a london specialist on mental diseases in an address before the international congress 0 of medicine Is mental or physical pain or suffering in some form or another pain is a sensation experienced by all reflective living things t it has many definitions but is best described as in uneasiness varying from a feel ins ing of slight discomfort to extreme distress and it may arise from the derangement ran gement of any function also from violence pressure or undue tension in any part ot of the body it has many synonyms anxiety grief solicitude mental distress uneasiness and according to its quality or intensity it may amount to agony torture or torment the treatment of sleeplessness Is to break the habit which should be done by removing the causes and these may be classified as either physical mental or moral further asserted dr roberts and he then urged the necessity of sleep declaring it to be more essential than food and that where drugs were resorted to they should be taken only when prescribed by a responsible physician as all sleep inducing drugs act as heart depressants tile the scientist attributed the increase in insanity among boys under fifteen and girls between fifteen and twenty that has been recorded in the last decade to insufficient sleep A change of scene often benefits the victim of insomnia a place not far dist distant aill from the home will sometimes suffice fresh air in abundance is an absolute necessity it if one would sleep well A single window open a few inches at the top and bottom is not enough open every window and ee cure the he effect of open air sleep A thin bread and butter sandwich asprin sprin kled with cayenne pepper and eater after midnight will sometimes induce sleep when other means fall all |