Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-10-12
70 HEAD OF wAklfuLNtss.
Hers i . Method which =. said 70 ~,
fufaiiible far sernrlpy st..p.

ihiAihhie fot Securing siser.
The good cid euro for slcopiessne.
holds good through an changes. al, ea.y
conscience and healthy hoiy. 4 due
portion Of fatigue and uuiot surround.
inis may be added ~ also necessary TO
induce refreshing sleep, and sleep which
Is not rotrc4hing "a about a. unsatisfac-
tory rs wakefulncss. Nevertheless, to
people OF a nervous temperament somo
strictly material rules for courtinr the
balmy god with success are not To be-
dcspiied. Many little thiugs conducc to
slooplessness, the avoidance Of which
will remove that trouble.
Indigestion. cold feet. overfatigue. tea
and coffee taken In excess. excitement
generally, all tend 20 a ros,lessness Of
the brain, which prevents calm sleep.
Many devices are rosortci 10 10 exrel
such nervousness. The old suggestion.
made IN ridiculc originally. to read some
very dry book or 10 have some ono talk
You 10 sleep Is really excellent IN prac.
tice. The dull monotony Of a prosy book,
and even more the dull monotone Of a
prosy talker, usually produces just the
duh impressions ON the brain which are
required to induce sleep. A monotunous
train " thought oftcu serves.
An eminent student of brain disorierr
prescribed the constant dripping VI water
ON metal pan. The regular ticking If
a clock frequently sends slcoplc.s p,r.
sons into the desired state Of brain inac.
ton, Though In fact all these processes
may servo 10 drive very nervous per.
s1n into wild hystcria Of wakcfulne.s.
But an old and most curiously recon-.
mcudcd physical pr0ccls comes to Us In
old books.
Itwas announced many years ago a. a
great discovery In England by u MIR.
Gardner, aud most commcndatory tesu
inoniala as 10 itscfeclivoncss were given
by the late Prince Albert. Sir Powell
Buxton, Sheridan Knowles AMI other
eminent persons II was considered No
valuable that u large sum hal to be- Maid
for II for publication by Mr.. Binns In
his quaint book, now almost unknown,
entitled "The Anatomy Of Sleep
The prescription ~ therein printed IA
~ follows; The person who after guius
10 bod tnds himself slccplcVi j. 10 lie ON
his right side, with biz head comfortably
placed on the pillow, having his neck
straight 70 that respiration may he nm.
impcdcd. Let h.n then close MI. lip
slightly and illgc a rather ull inspira-
ton, breathing through the nostuils1u,
les breathing through tho mouth il
hnbitunl. Having taken the full inspirs
ton. the lungs are 90 be loft to thc
own action; that b., expiration Is not /,
b. intericred with. Attention must nov
b. fixed upon the respiration.
The person must imagine that he zee,
the breath passing from his Vostril4 In a
continuous stream. and ~ ihr instant
that De- brings his mind jocnuri this
apart from ~ other ideas, consciousness
leaves him aud ho falls uslo1p. some.
times % happens ,hat tho method does
not ~ once ruccrcd. u should then bo
ieuevcrel In. Let the person take
thirty or forty full Inspirations and pro-
coed ns before; but ho must byno means
attempt 10 count tho Ttspira,i0ns, for "
he does the mere counting will keep him
from sleep.
II is certainly 10 be said Of this plan
that II IL safe and can easily be tested.
The other prescriptions, such rs - good
conscience and well earned fatigue,
need not 10 vet aside on account uf 1t.
New York Tribune.