| Show science probes mysteries of sleep to find new cure for our troubles by GEORGE BERNARD released by western newspaper union S and scientists tj ar are e sitting up nights figuring ways to make us sleep invented ear plugs eye shades V shaped pillows T WT 4 g gm w ve u 7 jr FROZEN SLEEP at weehawken Wee hawken N J a patient is treated with broth after coming out of hibernation this cancer victim is still wrapped in her freezing blanket after taking the new treatment in which her body temperature was ivas lowered to 91 degrees silent radios electric comforters whose warmth can be regulated and even a gadget called the lull aphone whose drowsy hum has you yawning in no time the reason is obvious ph physicians y and psychologists have examined our nerve racked civilization and decided that a few good nights sleep would cure most of the worlds troubles probed the mysteries of hibernation dreams nightmares and inso insomnia ninia most important invented a powerful weapon called frozen sleep which may provide the cure for neurotic and physical ailments men alen must sleep or die but sleep remains one of the blodys greatest mysteries it is hard to believe that we should surrender our complete consciousness willingly for eight hours every night yet usually we crawl into bed happily after a hard days work we know this is the price we must pay for being one of the higher animals guinea pigs it is said can get along without sleep but horses dogs and men will die without it that is why science Is concentrating on methods to induce sleep both natural and inspired the prime requisite is complete relaxation the moment you jump into bed and it is significant that people of genius and achievement refuse to lie awake fretting and tossing when sleeping seems difficult each has found his own peculiar device to summon the sandman and it is your job to do the same benny paints his way to sleep jack benny the movie actor starts painting an enormous figure T 3 on the side of a barn with a childs paint brush hes usually asleep before rounding the first firs t curve joy hodges of the movies imagines a huge black ball rolling toward her by the time it has reached her ashes dropped into slumber another movie actor runs before retiring while a fourth eats science might never recommend running or eating but for these two persons its the most effective device what the world needs says ray giles noted writer on sleep is a dictator who could make it a penal offense to boast about sleeplessness most people who wail at breakfast 1 I sleep a wink last night have actually been snoring loudly at the very hour they claim to have been awake theres no better evidence of perfect relaxation than a snore its all in your mind but if people would brag about how well they sleep giles thinks they would go to bed at night and actually rest better for having de aided to do so A good days work is also important even if youre unemployed you can sleep well if you go to bed saying h honestly on estly this was a terrible day and I 1 got nowhere at all but I 1 did my best now for a good nights sleep so that I 1 can do my best tomorrow one of the first persons to sleep raw was old benjamin franklin but but hi in recent years its become so popular that in new york 40 per cent of the women and 25 per cent of the men sleep as did adam a and nd eve in the garden stark and comfortably fort ably naked physicians recommend it because it favors skin ventilation ti today so many men wear only the tops of their pajamas that hotel laundries make provision on their lists for pajama tops only the old fashioned mans nightgown accomplished dished approximately the same purpose experts arent agreed about dreams some maintain theres a morbid and unhealthy feature about them yet no one has discovered u method of stilling our subconscious mind which insists on working 25 hours a day As a matter of fact many a problem has been solved by people who go to bed at night weighted down with troubles and resolved to sleep on them the poet coleridge awoke one morning and instantly transcribed the poem IN I 1 t Z A J VIR 1 I t W az relaxation PLUS A fruit vendor along the amazon in brazil enjoys his siesta between loads he flops in one basket and pu pulls ils the other over him kubla khan which his subconscious mind had written during his sleep the new frozen sleep is probably an adaptation of hibernation or of the ancient egyptian criminal punishment instead of being sentenced to death law breakers of king day were put into a state of coma and buried it was discovered that although a lengthy burial would tend to shorten their lives it also cured them of their diseases this is because healing bealing processes work faster than destructive germs during sleep which is the same reason physicians prescribe rest cures for their patients russians hibernate dr lawrence W smith and dr temple fay of temple university had probably heard of human hibernation before they began their epochal frozen sleep experiments several years ago in the russian steppes it is reported large groups of villagers lie down and permit their bodies to become gradually colder until they enter a state similar to hibernation they remain that way for weeks saving food the smith fay experiments were first publicized last year at a st louis convention of the arn american medical assoil association aaion with motion pictures the scientists showed how cancer sufferers obviously in pain were put to sleep by lowering the body temperature after a mild injection of enema ice was packed about the upper portion of the body much as a fish is packed for shipping the resultant cooling of the blood stream was much like the experience of one who freezes to death in a snowstorm body processes cease after the patients had been put to sleep the room temperatures were lowered frozen sleep was maintained for as long as five days but it might be prolonged indefinitely pulse beat in the firms arms and legs disappeared and only an electrocardiograph tro could detect the quiet and measured strokes of the heart kidneys and intestines ceased to function apparently all digestive proc processes asses were stopped the scientists do not claim their treatment will cure cancer but the tissue of several external tumors was destroyed by the process patients invariably awakened to find their pain lidin entirely disappeared they had no idea how long they had slept it had been a perfect rest something doctors are always trying to get for damaged bodies sleep the mysterious about which ancient egypt knew more than mod ern America is is at last coming into its own will it prove mans nol weapon against disease |
