Roseburg review. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 1885-1920, 1885-03-06
HEALTHY SLEEP.
conditions Which Assure the Best Results.
to the Subject.

conditions Which Assure the Best Rcsult.
to the Subject
| think we may safely say that ey r,
one requires six hours sleep in the
.weaty-four, and very many lnen and
women, not to mention fools. require
even more. Certainly, too much Il ep
is harmful; but too little is vastly more
So would let each man regulate his
hours of sleep by what he feels are his
real requirements; always ueging him
to avoid the suspicion of laziness. to
take into consideration the bed he lie
upon, and to watch the effect on his
health of any system of sleep he adopts
II you get up when you first wake,
providing you have had six hours
of sound, refreshing sleep, you can
scarcely get wrong. But make sure
of your six hours minimum, and
be wonderfully suspicious of the ne
cessity for further sleep. as it is apt
to become, not necessity. but indnl-
geace Veiiingt III could sicer at any
moment; Baron Bunsen could sleep for
half an hour at any time in the midst of
his studies. awaking refreshed, and re-
suming his work with increased vi, or.
A blessed gift this; such faculty, com
bined with that of early rising, is as
good as fortune to capable man, or,
indeed, TO almost any man. Sleep is
heaviest in the first few hours, gradually
becoming lighter, and probably dis
turbed by dreams, as time wears o.,
until slight noise disturbs US. or orr
rested system resumes full work of IFS
own accord. Eyerybody knows that in
dreaming part of the brain Is awake AMI
at work, while the other part is asleep
| as much as the brain can sleep; at ali
events. exercising lessened function. 1t
is therefore obvious that dreamless sleep
is most useful, as dreams are evidense
of work by some part of the brain, de-
tracing from perfect rest.
A very important factor IN securing
healthy sleep is the kind of bed we lie
upon. Feather beds ] can not COM
mend; indeed, luxuries-and this is an
undoubted one-are not to be sought
by him whose aim is perfect health and
strength. A spring mattress is very ex-
cellent, and the harder your couch, to
be comfortable, the more. likely are you
to secure healthy, refreshing sleep, not
unduly prolonged. 1t is adiffieult mat
ter to rise early from a feather bed,
difficult to awake in reasonable time,
and more so to leave its warmth and
eoziness In winter. But the luxury
| must be sacrificed to the more healthful
| Influence of the mattress. The clothing
should be light and warm; and can
not but recommend the sheet of paper
placed between two blankets as being
very warm, for paper is poor con-
this means without undue weight OF
| clothing Then your bedroom must be
well-sentilated, for you require to take
in an extra stock of oxygen during The
| night to help out the supply for the
day. You will sleep too much if the air
| is impure.
II, then, you have taken care that
your bed is very warm and comfoita-
BILE, without either being oppressed with
clothing or too soft, and your room be
| fully ventilated, and you can't sleep,
what must be donep Perhaps you ate
too much supper, and must await its
more perfect digestion; or, being
squeanish, you ate less than usual, and
the cravings of the stomach must be
satisfied before sleep is obtained. In
| this case a glass of new milk, kept
handy for use, with a biscuit. will prob
ably satisfy your requirements, and you
fall asleep readily. A friend of mine
who was hot and restless, and could
not go to sleep on one occasion. pro-
cured due repose by going into the
street and rolling in the snow.
Another person describes the means
he adopted for sleeplessness as
consisting in watching the re-
Election from light he could moi
see, in q tumbler of water placed neai
him. A few turns up and down your
room may assist you if you fail to dis
cover any chilliness, pain, or discom-
fort as causing insomnia For myself
I persistcntty think of nothing sOhen
can not fall asleep. / work until quite
weary. then. tumbling hastily into bed
| usually find sleep Immediately. Or
those rare occasions when sleep evades
me, check my thoughts Immediately
they begin, and concentrate my atten
ton on a blank This refusal of though
nearly always succeeds. If you can moi
sleep, and are worried to death with
cares of the business and the family
ask your chemist 10 give you ten or fiji
teen grains of the bromide of potassium
in an ounce of water, and this repeated
for few nights will allay the worry
and cause return to your healthy con
d:tion. Cor. Leeds Eng. Mercury.