The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1880-06-25
Sleer and SleeDIessness.

Too much sleep is very injurious in Its
effects. The whole nervous system be-
comes blunted SO that the muscular
energy is enfeebled and the sensations
and moral and intellectual manifesto
tions are obtunded. All the bad effects |
Of inaction become developed The
functions are exerted with less energy,
the digestion is torpid, the execretions
are diminished, while, in some instances,
the secretion of fat accumulates to an
inordinate extent The memory is i'm
paired, the powers of imagination are
dormant and the mind falls into a kind
of hebetude, chiefly because the tunc
tions of the intellect are not suthciently
exerted when sleep is too prolonged OF
too often repeated. To sleep much Is
not necessarily to be good sleeper
Generally they are the poorest sleepers
who remain longest in bed e., they
awaken less refreshed than if the time
of arising were earlier by an hour or
two. While it is true that children
and young people require more sleep
than their elders, yet it should be the
care of parents that over indulgence be
not permitted. Whatever over-stimu-
lates the circulation of the brain causes
imperfect sleep, if not absolute sleepless.-
ness. Although sleep is natural and
involuntary state, it may be greatly
promoted by maintaining a good state OF
health; by daily open air exercise, or BY
riding or sailing with the face exposed
to the air; by having the stomach free
from heavy meal or any indigestible
substance, and by the mird being undis
turbed with cares. Over-fatigue, indui
pence in food or drink beyond what
nature requires, want of proper exercise,
mental disquietude, are all causes OF
sleeplessness Breathing in confined
or overheated apartment is also a not
unusual cause Of broken slumber The
temperature most suitable for sleep is
about sixty degrees, which gives tne
sensation OF neither heat nor cold, and
admits Of moderate amount oi pea
clothes being used. The best posture OF
sleep is to be on the right or lett sde,
with the arm crossed over the breast IN
front and the head well up OIL the pill
low. The mouth should be shut, so that
the breathing may be carried on exclu
siyely through the nose. Some persons
acouire a habit Of sleeping with thu
mouth open, which causes the grotesqut
and offensive habit of snoring. Goins
10 sleep while lying on the back shoult
he avoided; as, besides inducing thu
sleeper to snore, it is apt to cause dis
turbing dreams. 1t lisa well-ascertainet
fact that sleep begins at the extremities
the feet sleep first, and then the rest 0
the person. On this account, in orde
to fall asleep, we require not only 7
comnose the thinking faculties, but +
keen the feet still. The feet must ais
have an agreeable warmth.
A German physician of celebrity ha
lately been investigating the subject
early rising, and has come to the cor
clusion that, far from making ma
, healthy, wealthy and wise,' 1t ha
, unite the contrary effect, and shorter
|, life insteal of prolonging it. In th
: majority of cases which he has invest
!, rated the long liyers have INDUCED
I late hours, and at least eigh, out
every ten persons who attained the ae
Of so and upwards were IN the habit
not retiring to rest until the small hour
q and remaining in bed until the day WI
far advanced. He has no doubt whatev'
!. that early rising is most pernicioI
habit for those who 60 to bed late; an
like Charles Lamb, thinks it better #
: everybody to delay getting up unit
4 the morning has had chance to becon
well aired.
lie WE are in the midst Of another seasc
e. of remarkable occurrences or storie
North Carolina comes to the front wit
T. the latest, it being stated that woms
ID who was exhumed by grave robbers, aft
ir having been buried two days, arose az
w walked home, assisted by the would
ir robbers as soon as they had sufficient
ir recovered from their fright to rend
I'd that service.
THE largest snm ever paid for hol
: in England was s72 1000, given for Dc
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