American Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1855-1860, 1860-03-01
A,Protest against Early Rising,

DR.. Hall. in the February numBsr num-
bsr Of his Journal Of Health, says, Zone,
Of the worst economies Of time is that
flched from necessary sleep. The whole.
sale, hut blind codmeHdation 81 early
rising, is as mischievous in practice as it
is errans in theory, Early rising is a
crime against the bobles. part Of our phys
ical nature, unless it is proceeded by an
early retiring. Multitudes OF business
men in large cities count i a saving Of
time. if they can make a journey Of hun
dred or two miles at night BY steamboat
or railway. 1t is a, ruinous mistake, /,
never fails to be followed bya want. o.
general we'll feeling for several days after,
II, indeed, the man does not rstnrn home
actually sick, or so pearit as 10 be unfit
for full attention to bis business for q
week afterwards. When a man leaves
home on bisipess, it is always important
that be should have bis wits about him;
that the mind should be fresh and yigor-
Gus, the spirit lively buoyant and cheerful.
No man can say it is thus with him after q
night on a railroad or on shelf Of steam
boat. The great recipe for sound. connect
ed and refreshing sleep is Physical exer'
else. Toll is the price of sleep. We
caution parents, particularly. not e a.
low their children to be walked up ol
mornings; let nature wake them up; she
will not do it prematurely; but have q
care that they go TO bed at an early hour
let it be earlier. until it is found that They
wake up themselves in full time to dres'
for breakfast. Being walked up early. ant
allowed to engage in diElcul', Or any stud
les late and jus! before, retiring. has giver
many beautiful and promising chile
brain fever. or determined ordinary all
ments to the production Of water on tn,
brain,
RULES FOR dotSG 10 SLEEP.
/. Fix the thoughts, on getting int
bed, on some one thing, vast and simple
such as the cloudess sky, or the boIudles
ocean, or the ceaseless goodness Of th
Great Father Of us all. .
g. 1t has been said that slssp is prom o
ted by lying with the head towards th,
north, aud not by any means to the west
because OF certain electric currents.
s. A writer recommends to commenc,
rolling the eyeballs round the circuit Of th
eye in the same direction, until slee
comes.
a. Another AYERS that a better plan is I
place the head In a comfortable position
shut the mouth, and breath through th
nostrils only, making an effort to imagin
that you see the breath going out all th
time.
s. We have known. on the failure Of al
forms of anodynes, the gentle continucu
friction Of the soles of the feet with col
warm hand, to be admirably successful.
6. When persons are prevented frou
sleeping by slight hacking cough, slee
is sometimes induced by having two piece
, of Muslin, say six inches BY four, an
three or four folds thibk, to be used alter
patty thus: Have saucer at hand, hs
filed with alcohol. dip one of the cloth
into it; then press it out. so as not to drib
BILE. and lay il across the chest. the upps
edge Of the cloth ranging With the cola
bones; let it remain five minutes; the
:, put on the other. alternately thus. 10y th
! nurse. with as li:tle motion Or noise q
; possible. the patient being OF bis back
the bed, composed for sleep.
7. A French medical Journal adviSs
on retiring, to put Eve pr six bits ofsug'
candy. as largo as haslsnut.ih the mout
avsrrihg that before they are melted, th
desired effect will have been produced. =
This may avail in case Of simple slsel
, lessness, not as the result Of any speci
!. . disease. We would not advise such .
a sxpedieht, for persons have been know
i to lose lif, BY going to sleep with som
thing, in the mouth. III is attempted
all. the candy should be placed bStwe'
4? the cheeks and the gums, and the mou
Rspt rssolutsly closed.