Wichita eagle., 1889-07-28

Valuable Hints on the Subject from Ply
siciau-Don't Eat Too Much. but Don't
Go to Bed Hungry-The Difficulties of
Indigestion.
To get absolute rest for mind and body at
night is the necessary thing for the preserva-
ton of health The bright eye and clear
skin that characterize youth can only be re-
tanned in that way, remarked a physician to
q reporter.
1t is fact, he continued, that few people
know what it is to rest we'll Many believe
that they do rest well, and frequently hear
people remark that nothing in the world dis
turbs them after they have gotten into their
beds
Yet these same people get up drowsy in the
morning. Many Of them are noticeably Ian
guild all the time Some of them are irritable
and nervous. and all of them now and then
complain of being SO lazy" or tired that
they are incapable of displaying any energy
whatever Now the direct cause of these
things is wont Of rest, and of this they are
robbed by host Of readily cured ailments
and petty disturbances.
ENEMIES OF REST.
No onS can get refreshing sleep in room
should in the summer time be lowered from
the top and raised from the bottom. In the
winter. If not altogether too cold for comfort,
the same practice should be observed, and in
any event the room should be properly aired
before retiring and some means for ventila-
ton after that adopted.
No one can sleep rs wen next TO a boiler
room as he could IN place where no jar or
noise exists Every vibration or violent sound
is a clash with tho nerves of the sleeper and a
destroyer OF his needed rest, whether he be
conscious of it or not The hustle and roar
of every great city is more or less tax on the
life of each OF its inhabitants.
Another great enemy Of rest is mental la
tor. when il is called into use before returning.
ANY one that concentrates his thoughts III
INV wav likely TO cause worriment or anxiety
before going 70 bed will pay the penalty by =
sacrifice of his rest and by carrying hollow
ewes ard unstrung nerves all the next day.
This Is very easily explained Tie use OF
TIE brain functions causes an abnormal
amount of blood to flow and settle there for
the time being. Only by diversion OF the
mind 10 a recreative way and 40 ordinary
amount OF physical exercise can the BRAN be
relieved Of it's load. Sleep will not do 1t, and
when sleep does come on a person IN this con-
diuon, after good deal of tossing about the
brain will continue to act and the nerves &c
contract perhaps continuously throughout the
might.
Then the poor victim win arise in the
morning wondering why he does not feel re
freshed. The fact is that, with the exceP
ton of his eyes, which have been rested by
being shielded from the light, he is not
much better off than he would be had be
not gone TO bed at all.
CONCERNING EATING
Indigestion and constipation bear about ar
er,al share in the theft of sleep. OF the lat
Ter not much can be said with delicacv. Ii
Is a common complaint that gives rise &c
more serious ailments than any other single
disorder. 1t is so easily avoided by regular
ity of habit or some simple remedy that there
IS no excuse for allowing such an atniction &c
become chronic.
About indigestion, it is something we mus,
ell submit TO occasionally, for our regard for
our palate readily overccmes our discretion
and puts temperance in the shade. The ef-
feet of INDIGESTION On the human srst.'fn Is