Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1890-02-15
ACooMAo C. H. Va. SATURDAYS FEBRUARY Is 1890
isEs CURSE OF INSOMNIA.
spresd Inc sIIls An Enl,Iem,o n. tho II,

{ spreadIng Like An Epidemic us tho To
sqlso High Tension In Dusinoas LIfo.
I " Modern phy physiological research pro
claims sleep to be tic result ola Ger
taiIsAniountsof blood being abstyactet
5|sfroiHst e brain, TO lie quiescent, if moi
{ dornan Jill certainchannels and yes
sells which during waking period
are apparently empty. or at least very
9 dabh5Aand in q condition. as it were
OF nsgatipn, In proof of this view, il
{ IS lsSweil known TACT that good
!. shea hlty rcstful sleep rarely if ever
lstakes paace when the head is full oil
Z ceatinlous prevention or any in.
/ teri SEasa,ace swith sleep is the most far
5I2rcaelalag damage produccr to the hu-
mari stem Comfort and content
men tire bbliterated. Their attendant
substitutes ale nervous i.Iit& bility.
srlells n&iety, which sooner or later,
saccoEi1 To- stle resistance power of
i the nqlYidu al. Become eidiocy, .liiania
4 or deat preceded bya painful lIlysi-
cal lES ~ this moment lust low
.IsIlla ilsomn iacs there arc in New
Galore is tln liown.sbut the. fact
exist Iliat o. per- cent. Wall
sire, erato ms ;irt: 81 Fetcllel sleepers
All zee, i. ore ,Ts,rlSsM peefl
viclai iilias " 10 fever. Sleep
sexe; der se XII ustion orr rom tho
i ben mbi 1g: tuence Of some hypnotic
iP1ia5 Ee lfIoral, opium, alcohol,
uIlonaa or brolmides. These used in
egeSl creasiig quantities to produce
u llilcial sleep must eud by the de-
strlotion ofinteiiccL uaiity.
~ Ellis Is brought about BY constant
contraction OF the sblood vessels sup
ngthe brain Structure. because
tlcsssliypnotic drugs primarily act.
upon tue great nervous ccntcrs wllcuce
ariss Those nerves distributed to all
tae5blood vessels which are known us
tFcssvas o-motorsnerves, or governing
setSes: Undcr the influence oil such
drlgsSt these nerves are either paralyzed
orSoyer excited, and they keep up d
constant diminution CT tie caliber of
thssSblood vessels, wherefore the
Wllplcsonie supply OF nutrient blood is
kcptsfronl tnc brain, which Temporal
.rilEpro,notc sleep, but ultimately de.
strSSyit. What is the safe remedy for
7slaSplessress: What can be done to
cure insonnia2 Ii these two leading
questions. the cntirc subject is colisid-
cred Thousands OF insonlniics CAN
trace their troubles To cause; readily
'rcniedial,le il, the beginning
The absence OF correlation between
4thosb.ain and the stomach must be
kliown rs prime factor III preventing
slQep. Tne muscle Draw, laborer rests
infinitely better when he seeks his
sleep with stomach comparatively
empty with hin sleeps that oblivion
which his slow acting brain awards
tilc5worS& strained muscles. Tie brain
worker proper-s!udents, professional
nions and builders of fortunc-rarcly
sleeps soundiy n.,.l regularly
40 such insolnniacs | say, study
yourstonlachs and keep them corpar
aLiNsly full for two purposes. First
toscoax the blood current away from
alaccid lot Of blood vessels ralnify
ilagthrough every nook and corner Of
your brain, (which is too active and
loaded with unnatural fullncss. Sec
ODDLY, the sstomach must contain food
i'll older 10 keep up q steady suppl 80
f fsfaSS 449| naeplgle 4@St
w. aalall stomach.
LII If tlicro IL; tori tori
veIicy Z, 4, 80, leMic CT insomnia as
the result of that dreadful wave of the
higher education of our boys and girls,
of nervous parents, Inherit
ipg their tlebilitatod physical consti.
thEops, with ccaddcd attcnuatcl
higie.s intellectually, undoubtedly
now being made manifest as our
young people enter adult life3
If VIC but recall the beginning of
the upward wave of intellectual life rs
it existed twenty years ago and con-
trast it with the present concert pitch
cd tones of educational life, we may
possibly check these slccplcss nights
and the carly physical decay cvinced
by a thousandfold increase i'll neural
gias, q vast amount Of ever aggrcgat
ing eye diseases, or rather failure in
eye accommodation, by urging the
educators to cease their so called ply.
steal efforts, not because one youth
cannot absorb every subject now
taught, but simply because it is done.
This intellectually ana physical adj
ivancemcnt Of tbs age are dangerous
beyond anticipation. The soil is too
fallow. 1t must be permitted 10 lie
idle, else the next two decades will
witness state of affairs much more
dangerous because much more arti.
6cially cultivated : undoubied hot
house intellccts OF brilliant color but
feeble vitality.
The time has come to cry halt,
otherwise this excessive culture will
permeatc the age and weaken such re-
sistancc power as is yet abiding III our
people. Just at this moment Il wave
of disease, the grippe or influenza, is
travelling around the world. We must
study it to avoid it, Ii such physical
results obtain through atmospheric
influences we can readily comprehend,
because we see the results, how too
fragile intellectually breaks under a
condition, as it were, Of stcreotyping.
which should never show one single
flaw under proper surroundings. :
Montrose A. Fallen NJ D. i'll New
York World.