The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-05-05

"HSeAOa WIN - oOmoodea - are
healthy and vieorouF, free r. S;.s.ss
when living in pain or in 'sn ec~ts
But when huddled tor :. S.,oo
numbers Natures La 90" y;r.Ia,ad
aud disease and de- 20 aae 'iOlAYsa'
ILL., wiz n elmEstcn lie sure to
~, ,h.,o a.. sinerease OF human
~ s,aa..s. corresponding increase
- A. That Of insomnia has as
orodue' Arming proportions. IS I"
nae .ng mora insanity, Suicide DIFF
"a. and death than any o.her ore
1ee. 1t is stated that one-third OF
he population OF Boston is more
or less afflicted with Insomnia.
So general Is this disease that
II has been made the subject
Of lectures by scientists. These lect-
ures have been published and they all
attribute the growth Of this ailment
TO the want OF rest, that rect necessary
to repair muscular exhaust on and
the nerve tissues. Mr.. Walter Craze,
in lis lecture before ,hs Parker Me-
mortal Science, took the position thst
there can be 20 health to either body
or mind unless every part OF tbs bedy
sleep that the intervals between the
pusatious Ct the heart en- mt ia the
aggregate TO a rest OF eight hour.
durirg tho t6e1ty.four hours, and
without this rest the heart would soon
wear out. He accounts for the prev
alen,e 4 insomnia in b )ston to such
an claiming extent on the ground
lbat IN animal Of high nervous force
exrends more nervous force than
one Of slower nervous organization
and requires more rest 10 repair the
waste, and IS The people Of Boston ex
pend much high mental and nervous
force during the day they require
a whole nights rest TO repair the
waste, which il ihqy fail to got wrecks
both mind and body. Mr.. Crsnein his
interesting lecture touched upon sleep
and dreams, stating that one-third
Of life is passed in sleeping, and thtri
was much dreaming, he took tbs
position that in deans We never seem
to be anybody but ourselves; that
man was never kroWn to dream o
being A woman OF another man
Nearly half the world is suffering ioI
, the want of sleep. This Is nature
swes, restorer, and without 1t eithei
, bad health or insanity will io!!oT
l. Is now thought by man!
p that even veg, table matter re
/. a Tres sleep. After careful obstrya
4 ton botanists have discovered tina
| many pants sleep from shutdown t.
D sunrise. II Is said that the leaves o
0 the fern in daytime ere upright, bu
| as soon as the sun disappears the.
I droop, 20 fart TO sleep, and when TIA
3 .un rises open cut as fresh as singin
, birds. In the daytime the leaves Q
8 TIE wood sorrel are spread GU, bu
when the sun goes down each Teal re
8 tires for the night and sleeps on th
y. foot stalk. so it seems vegetable mat
= ter requires rest, and II is absolutei
!. indispensable TO the existence OF AM
= NAL life. Insomnia YVES unkn VI
Il hall century ago, because there wa
% nothing to disturb the repose, tn
n tranquility and the equlnimity OF
IL people who had regular hours K
# sleep, and any disturbance OF whic
Y produced weeks jlrring like III
q breaking OF cog in the wheel,
# this fast age tho nervous aud musculi
4. forces are rapidly expended aud e
d hausted, and rs the waste is not r
$. paired by sleep the result is insomni
1, insanity aod ti1'|A