Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1886-12-02
Inst mia sleeplasaness,.


From Dir. Foote's EessR Monthly.
Sleeplessness is about as common 4
complaint as Indigestion, and often
IS distressing as pain. The causes
are many and there are, therefore.
many different means of relief suggest.
ed. each having measure of success
according as it is appropriately en-
ployed.
The expedients resorted TO or rem.
edies proposed for insomnia are pen.
orally such as viii equalize the blood
| circulation in the head, either by in
creasing or diminishing it. In feverish
excitement the cold doache, or
sprinkling of the back of the head and
| neck with cool water, followed by win
ing dry. is said to be efficacious. In
| c ses OF pure mental over-excitement
perhaps the better way is 10 lure the
| blood down to the lower extremities
| by a hot foot-bath, or hot bottles to
the feet. DIR. Won Gellhorn has found
this to be useful plan of inducing
| sleep: A piece OF cloth about eighteen
| inches wide, and OF sufficient length,
dipped in cold water and wrapaed
about the leg. the wet bandage to be
well covered with dry one, and
| long stocking drawn over all to keen
in place. 1t has been fou1fd to reduce
the temperature tested in 1.-The external
| ear canal. In conditions OF general
! debility, or weak hearts action.
it may happen that wakeiulness re.
suits from lack of good blood brain
| CIRCULATION, and then the use OF gener-
al tonics during the day is necessary
| to improve the action OF vital organs,
but by way of temporary expedients
such a person will do well to have
handy, by the bedside, pitcher of
milk, and if toward early morn there
| is a wakefulness, with sense CT OBJ
preston about the chest or pit of the
stomach, drink OF milk will act as a
food stimulant and improve the
heart saction and the bloodcirculation
| thus relieving sleeplessness. When,
owing to slow digestion, it is found
best to eat light evening meal, a
glass OF milk on retiring may be ad-
visaple, but good Judgment must be
used in choice OF foods ut bed time.
since sleeplessness and bad dreams
often result from irritation OF undi.
gested loads in the stomach.
Aromatic spirits of ammonia may
be used as mild stimuant for anamic
sleeplessness, and drop or two OF
| tiacture of belladonna, for nervous
excitability which postpones sleep,
but the use of choral and aorphia
should be very exceptional, and new
err az a nightly resource. These or
| proprietary anodynes are dangerous
aeaa,taIly- for chro.s.
valids Sleep is indeed like the beau
ty which it favors, dependent upon
general Wilderness. health and bal
ance OF natural functions, and all
those influences which favor sound.
ness of mind and body, favor their
normal operations, one OF which is
sleep.
Another chapter might be written
on mind-curc for insomnia. for meth-
DDS OF tricking ones self into the land
of nod. The power to Psychologist
ones own mind into inactivity, repose
and sleep has been acquired by some,
while others have hit upon little ideas
of their own such as going to bed
with one stocking on, climbing over the
foot board, lying in some peculiar
| position, or some other curious excen-
tricity which is efiectual simply be
cause the person who adopts it
believes it viii induce sleep; there
fore, it does induce sleep. These
are all innocent expedients whiehmay
be INDUCED in ad Ebitum, bus some
notions are not so. We once knew OF
a young woman who could only sleep
on board steamboat, and this so
seriously Inconvenience herself and
friends that it was best TO diseouraee
| it. Don't be too cranky-just cranky
enough.-From DR.. Foote'S Health
Monthly.