Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1873-06-26
CHAT ABOUT SLEEP

A CHAT ABOUT SLEEP. 81
A very thin young lady. Of about thir.
" years. with promising beau. came tc
consult bio Lewis shout her skin aud
bones i had frequently met her when
she seemed even more emaciated, but now
she .would give the world to be plump.
Sitting down In front Of ME. she began
with-.i ri aa'.H
Don't you think. doctor, tina. look
very old for twcntyf'
admitted that she looked rather old
for twenty.
Can anything be done for mes Wha,
can I take for il! should be willing ia
take hundred bottles of the worst stuff
in the world. If l could only get some IA,
on these bones. A friend Of mine (hcr
beauO was saying yesterday ths, he would
give a fortune to see inc round and
plump t.-. -.--.y -s
Would you be willing to go to the
Cliff Springs in Arkansas?'
Il would start to morrow
But the waters are very bad to drink >
/ said '.v 2 .,.
Il don't care how bad they are; kaor
I can drink them,
Il asked you whether you were will
ling to 60 to the Arkansas Springs to
test the strength Of your purpose. 1t
is not necessary to leave your homr.
Nine thin people in ten can bccomo rca-
sonably plump without such sacri-
fee - a' .a-.
'why doctor. Il am delighted to hear
it. but suppose Ills a lot.Of some awful
bitter stuff
Yes, it is "a pretty bitter dose. and has
to be taken every night
Il don't care; would take it if it was
ten times as bad. What is il? What is
the name Of it?'
The technical name Of the stuff is
'Bedibus Nine o'clock;bus.''
why doctor. what an awful name,
I am sure | shall never be able to speak
it. Is there no common English word
for itT
oh yes. The English of it is, You
mus be in bed every night at niac
o'clock We doctors generally use Lat
in. .Bedibus Nine o'clockibus' is tho
Latin for 'You must be in bed every night
by nine o'clock
'Oh. that is dreadful 1 thought it vas
something could take
1t is. You must take your bed ev.
cry night before the clock strikes nine.
no; but what I thought was that you
would give me something in bottle tc
take
OF course know very we'll what you
thought. That's the way way with all oI
you
One person eats enormously Of rich
food ill his stomach and liver refuse tc
bulge; then he cries out. oh. doctor
what eau | takef l must take some.
thing
Another fills his system with tobacco
until his nerves are ruined. and Then
trembling and full of horrors. he exclaim.
oh. doctor. what shall I tuker write
a aprcscription for him-Quitibus Chawi
bus e, Smokibus.
will suppose my patient is not clas.
seal scholar. "a I am sure my reader is
aud so translate it for him into English
He cries out a, once,
'Oh. doctor, thought you would Civ,
me something to t.ke.'
Another sits up till thirteen or fourteen
O'Clock, leads life OF theatres and othcl
designations. becomes pale. dyspeptic and
wretched, and then flies to the doctor
and cries out, oh. doctor, what shall
take What shall l hakel
Now, madam. you are distressed be
cause your lover has been looking at YOU
skin and bones.''
but. doctor. you are entirely
oh. well, we'll say nothing about him
then. But tell me, what time do you e
to bedT
ASA general rule about twelve o'clock
Yes, I though, SO. Now. if you vii
80 to bed every. night for six mon,t.
at nine o'clock, without making an,
other change in your habits. you vii
gain ten pounds in weigh. aud looi
Eve years younger. Your skin viii be
come fresh. and your spirits improve
IN DO i. Thonsh of course, wher
I have company. and during the opera
can't do it, r.
], is regularity that does the business
To 81. up till twelve o'clock three night.
efthe week, and then &C. to bed at nins
o'clock four nights. one nigh, think would
do very well. and that a, any rate it would
bc 'sS far. so good I don't think ,thi,
every ether night carly, and every Other
night late. IS mnch better than every nigh
late. II is regularity that is vital in ths
case. Even sitting up one nigh, week
deranges the nervous system for the whole
week. ] haze sometimes thought .,ha,
these people who sit up iii eleven Or twelve
o'clock every nigh: get on quite as well a:
those who turn in early six nights. and
then sis up once 4 week til midnight
Regularity in sleep is every Viii, as mpo,
tsht as regularity in food.
At length my patient exclaimed, Doe
tor. | sill 90 10 bed every night Tor s.,
months before nine o'clock, II it kills. me
Of rather, ifis breaks The hearts Of al N,
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