Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1829-04-30

people have this properly from .duea,; ,.''',
have known persons who never induls.
cond sleep. One gentleman who rn,es,.: *,
q notion that second nap was in;ur;,a a.'at
variabIy got up as soon as he awoke. M n w.
ter how early the hour-yiner Or snn We
Others again will sleep for four and ,"."
hours. The celebrated Qsin had ,hi, f, m'r
What sort Of a morning is it John. CIV
wet sir" "Any mule, in the marked" 1V
Sir" "Thep, John, you may call me ,hi,, NJ
Tomorrow" So saying he composed HMM VIZ;
to sleep and got rid Of the snnut Of a dpn *
in the arms Of Morpheus. One een.l.m,0 !.
the Spectator used to sleep by weight, 81 Al,
mys. II one night with another, , Quarter ~ I
pound Of sleep, within a few grains, NAV :.
less; and if upon my rising find / hm. =.
consumed my whole quantity. take on, =,
rest in my chah." A lazy old woman ne. !,
apologize for lying in bed, by saying thar
lay in oed to contrive." Strange as this Old w.
mans excuse was, i, was an example rOIo,J
by one Of The mos extraordinary genuses or.;,
country, viz BriodIey, Of whom it rero,i.s
that when my gres difficulty occurred j, II,
execution Of his works, having little o, :,
assistance from books or the labors Of ob..
men, his resources lay within himsli !,
order, therefore, 10 be quiet, and unin,e,vn,f
willis, he was in search Of the necessary ,,
pedients, he generally retired 10 bis b,
and has been known 10 lie there one, IN,
or three days, till he had obtained The ob,r
in view He would then get up and e,.c,,
his design without any drawing or model.
There are d,fferen, kinds Of sleeper, s,ug
as different kinds Of sleep; some eanno, ,l,.,
from homr,-o,he,s cannot sleep al hon,
some can sleep on board, and snore OF a ca,
pei; while others tumble and loss on a soft h.
as if the down Disconnected them. Som,
gain cannot sleep in noise; Others cannot s,,
out IF il. A miller awaken. The momem +,
mill stops; and tradrsmsn from Chtspda
tanno, sleep in the country. because it IS
plaguey quiet Somnambuls's, or sleep vat
ers, annually sleep with their eyes op.r, b.. |
without vision. Shakespeare, who may be tor.
sidered very good medical authority, MAKES
Lady Macbeth somnambulist with havr
OPEN but their sense is shut This ISM
always the case, however; and there is srse |
lar exception, in The instance Of johannes Opo
riuus, printer, who being employed one ,ls |
in correcting the copy Of Greek bUok kLs
sleep as he read, and yet ceased not 10 read, il
he had finished not less than whole pags
which, when he awoke, he retained no '.coIs
ton.
There are many curious histories Of sel
ing proJigies on record. The PhAspr:
Transactions have several; in one, man st
from August ill January. There is OK
read before a society Of Physicians, in 1851
Elizabeth Orvin, who brgsD her sIetplngf
1888, by a four days nap, ard Tor ten yisi
forwards, never slept less Than seventeen h''1
out of the four-aDd twenty. DR.. Brady rtaa
that some strange methods were resor'ed pi
rouse her-such as rubbing her back With b
ney, and in no, day exposing her TO 8 h"a
bees, till her back was full OF bumps; max
a cushion Of her. and performing stuP"
turation with pins and needless hagells'' ~
other odd experiments which the doe%N
forms US that he thinks better TO pa" oWi
silence all Of which might as well have r'
spared, for she was very sulky, and GOOD u
nothing, when she was awake. ] his 'u'"h
however, should be noticed as being tofn't'
with ,he complaint. Previously TO 'hs"n'
len. disease, many Of The persons have M.n
uneasy, sullen and surly. 10 all, The mno u
evidently been affected; and in some, ""
there has be, n extreme abstinence, Their WI
ing hours have been characterized by "'|
mental alteration. A lady in pe'ire' "'
% years of age, was asked by the gar
Of friend 10 be present st severe sv.S
operation. On consideration, 4 was 'U's
wrong TO expose her to such a seem a"'
operation was postponed for le" hou','
wen, to bed, however, with 'ht imssH'.
highly excited, and awoke ~ alarm, "' Ga'
or thinking she heard, the shiieks o. "e' ~
under he agony of an operation Ie"'"%
and Mysteries supervened, aud on ''t't w., -,
ing, she went into profound Sleep "0Nn.
,inurd six y-lhree hours. The mo'' e'''', y,
the faculty were then consulted, ahu '%
cu2ped, which awoke her; but inc '0", .,s
returned, and she again went to SLEEP, '-
with few in,ermissions, ior 'oF'"S
the next twelve months she remain" n, p,
we'll. The irregular periods cor'''''. 80, Il
or twelve years, the length Of the ' ..r,i,.s1
being from thirty 10 forty hours '," %, q,I
in duration as lime went on, I'll S"' kfbc
Then arrived irri ability, and total "An, .%,i \
for three months, which was SUI ~
alteration Of mind. This state comm, NV. t,,i
six months, when, to The relief oil '' e., ~" ,,r
her 81, epiug fits returned, and were ''n ard
lar in their periods, both as TO a'';'. q.
ration. Her usual time for sleeping "a,
hours. She would 10 the inerme0'a" s ~
,, ,volI iii ,,yelyp AT night, Wheh 81.