The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-10-29
GENERAL STORAGE
TO nEAO Or wAkefULNEsS
Here Is Method Which Il said to "a
InEallgSIe for Securing sIecD.

Here Is a Method Which Il said to Es
InfaIliSIe Tor Seea-irx Sleep.
The good Old cure for sleeplessnsss
holds good through all changes, an easy
conscience and q healthy body. A dus
portion of fatigue and quiet surround
ings may be added as also necessary "a
induce refreshing sleep. and sleep which
is not refreshing Is about as unsatisfac.
tory as wakefulness. Nevertheless, "a
people of a nervous temperament sO7ao
strictly material rules for counting the
balny god with success are not to bs
despised. Many little things conduce &c
sleeplesSness. the avoidance Of which
will remove that trouble.
Indigestion. cold feet, overfatigue. tea
and coffee taken IN excess. excitement
generally, all tend to a reStleSSness Of
the brain. which prevents calm sleep
Many devices are resortei TO 70 expei
such nervousness. The old suggestion.
made in ridicule originally. 10 read some
very dry book or 70 have some one talk
you to sleep IS really excellent in prac-
tice. The duh monotony of proSy book.
aud even more the dull monotone OF a
prosy talker, usually produces Just tho
dull impressions on the brain which arc
required 10 induce sleep. A monotOnOus
train Of thought often serves.
An eminent student Of brain disorders
prescribed the constant dripping of water
on a metal pan. The regular ticking Of
clock frequently sends sleepless per-
sons into the desired state of brain mac
ton. though in fact all these processes
may serve 10 drive a very nervous per-
son into wild hysteria Of wakefulness.
But an old and most cuTiously recom-
meDded physical process comes 20 Gs in
old books
1t was announced many years ago as
great discovery in England by n Mr..
Gardner and most commendatOry testi-
monials rs 70 its effectiveness were given
by the late Prince Albert, Sir POWELL
Buxton, Sheridan Knowles and other
eminent persons. 1t was considered so
valuable that large sum had 70 be paid
for it for publication by Mr.. Binns IN
his quaint book, now almost unknown,
entitled The Anatomy of Sleep"
The prescription as therein printed is
as follows: The person who after going
to bed finds himself sleepless is to lie on
his right side. with his head comfortably
placed on the pillow, having his neck
straight so that respiration may be un-
impeded. Let him then close his lips
slightly and take "A rather fun inspira-
ton, breathing through the nostrils un-
less breathing through the mouth il
habitusl. Having taken the full inspira-
ton. the lungs are TO be left TO their
own action; that is. expiration is not 70
be interfered with. Attention must Bow
be fixed upon the respiration.
The person must imagine that he secs
the breath passing from his nOstrils IN
continuous stream, and at the instant
that he brings his mind TO conceive this.
apart from al other ideas, consciousness
leaves him and he falls asleep. Some
times it happens that the method does
not at once succeed IL should then les
persevered IN. Let the person take
thirty or forty full inspirations and pro-
coed as before; but he must by no means
attempt 70 count the respirati0ns, for IL
he does the mere counting will keep him
from sleep.
1t is certainly TO be said Of this plan
that il is safe and can easily be tested.
The other prescriptions, such as a good
conscience and well earned fatigue,
need not DO set aside on account Of IL.
New York Tribune.