Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1883-04-15

feet, nervous repose; that persona suffering
from sleeplessness through indigestion can
be cured by improved habits; that 10 attack
insomnia az a disease is sure to result in
discontinue; that druggiRg should not be
resorted to; that, once established, wakeful-
ness tends 10 perpetuate itself, but that this
would not be the case with an absolutely
natural regimen; that a man is wakeful at
night because under his present physical
condition he ought TO be; that thus the only
possible cure Of the disease is a radical re-
form IN ones living hsbits; that an endeayo
to go to sleep is a mistake, fer the good
reason that the effort to compose the mind
upon lying down and subdue the activity of
the senses il made by the higher faculty,
while that is part or function Of the or
ganism which Of all others needs 10 be itself
rest'u Ia order that the phy-ico- mental re-
ing may sleep" d.. Page regards cgfee-
drinking and tob tcco-smoking as enemies to
somnoieuce, and therefore enemits TO health
The Herald Of Heqhh, 10 long aud able
article, dl,cg~sing the cause and cure Of in
sOmnta. C,os~s - follow:
] he quality Of sleep may be improved by dimiu-
ishtDg me length Of time spent in bed. hot
shower bath al bed time cieanses the skin and
pfedlsposes 10 sleep. Many tOIling business or
literary man goes To bed tired aud worn out. only
10 toss from one side TO another. His brain is hot
and iuil OF blood, while his feet are cold He
thinks over again the thoughts that have been
engaging his attention during the day or does
over sgain the business that has called forth his
energies for twelve sixteen hours past. His
night is a round of tossing to and fro. Is there
wonder that n Ind mt Huha 10 fiaa
true and natural remedy for his pains, he resorts
10 opiates, which he knows will give him tenn
pJrary relief There is one sure and safe way 10
remedy his pains II, after leaving work, he
would take brisk walk OF mile or two
before going TO bed, and then after the
walk would hold his head under a stream OF cold
water. lac would find relef-that Is, supposing he
does this when he is first troubled with sleepless
nlShtS. But. no: If ne lives half mile more
from his work, he takes q home, and throw
ing OIL MS clothes, goes TO bed quickly pos
slbIe: This want OF balance between mental and
physical labor is fruitful of seeplessness.
Many business man whose duties keep him in an
Office all day would improve his health a great
deal if he were to ftup his attic as a carpenter
shop and spend hour therein after supper. This,
Of course, would be beneficial only 1.-The happened
| 70 nave d liking for mechanics then he would
find his occupation afforded him amusement.
mental occupation and muscular effort in just the
proper proportions
Cowper's ALTERATIONS end fnal insanity
was traced to insomna. The mind oil
Walter Scott was as clear a. a sunbeam &C
long he was able to WOO NATURES sweet
restorer. But insomnia csused his robust
frame TO shrink and his extraordinary geniut
10 flicker in lie departing glory. Horace
| Greeley, while in active business, would fall
asleep when his mind was in repose. h
heard BOthing Of a sermon save the text, al
he slept in his pew until aroused by thu
/ doxntoerv 10 mind and do nod to h.
in perpetual state OF exhaustion, and unless
employed in mental or bodily labor he wa
always found fact ssleep. But insomni,
finally came and he died pitiabl,
lunatic. Napoleon could induce sleeI
at any time, which enabled hin
to endure 80 much physical ant
| mental labor. Blasted ambition suEroundet
| by the surgiug waves instead of contendipi
{ aruItts, snG an eACII auso - u NJ q ~;
victorious artillery for that OF the sea, in
ducsd insomnia, aud he died ments
wreck. In the discussion Of this question al
! Psychologists agree in the opinion that ex
ercise, that kind of active exercise which
tires the body, is the only cure. This il
! demonstrated by the fact that the horny
| handed laborer is never troubled with sleep
lessness. And this is no new remedy. The
ancients had SO much faith in exercise tina
they treated many of their disorders By
medical gymnastics if the patient refused e1
ercise by hard labor. Cicero was cured o
an infrmily caused by sleeplessness b.
travelling. The Roman physicians in
duced their nervous patients to travel osten
sibly for change of air, bat really
for the advantages of exercise an,
/ recreation. The father Of physic was In
first who introduced medical gymnsstic,
which is still recommended as the only cur
for insomnia. Sleeplessness has made
mental wreck of Gladstone, but he is no,
too weak TO engage in those bodily exercise
which brig sleep, and he may finally be
come hopeiessly insane. The world is neve
still; the stars and the planets have thei
constant motion; the air we breathe is neve
still; the walters never cease 10 flow, an
without the same activity in the human fam
lily there will be insomnia, ins sanity, diseas
and death. s-s