The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1894-08-02
DREAMS SCIENTIFICALLY EXPLAINED.
They Are Mental vibrations Caused oy
Indigestion, Pain, Fever and Noise

They Are Mental Vibrations Causeu ny
Indigestion, Pain, Fever and Noise
What the actual scientific view of dream
ing now is may be inferred from lecture
delivered on the subject at the Royal instl-
tuition by DR.. B. w. Richardson. In the
poets view dreams are visitors from the
ivory gate, or, as Shakespeare calls them'
children of an idle BRAIN" but science Is
more prosaic, and teaches that dreams may
be- after all, nothing more than the COM
mon vibrations of terrestrial media actlns
upon a corporal Moratorium" like the
sound heard on IA wire in tension long atter
it has been struck by the musician.
"All musical instruments dream, says
DR.. Richardson, after we cease to play on
them, and if we bring the microphone into
use we can hear the dream. This Is as
near poetry as science will permit us to APP
proach in explaining the phenomena OF
thought going ON during sleep, for the &C
complished lecturer proceeded to inform
his audience that dreams are all explain
able on physical grounds-there is no mys-
terry about them save that which springs
from blindness to facts"
After dividing dreams into subjective
and objective, and mixtures of both, he
went on to class among the first species
dreams produced by indigestion, pain or
fever, while objective dreams are those
started by noises or other events going on
outside the sleeper This is a fair sample
of the ruthless way in which science dis
poses of Superstition" Against the i'm
agnative view of the significance of
dreams men of science protest, and will
probably continue to protest as long as
3 l.,,.r nf crinr loft
Perhaps the most practical lesson taught
at the Royal institution lecture was one
which may assist US to know which of our
dreams are signs that something is wrong
with our bodily organization. AS a rule,
said the lecturer, it is better not to dream
at all. Dreamlessness is usually a sign of
all round health. A child's dreams are
invariably signs of disturbed health and
should be regarded with anxiety. For
adults it is good thing to know that we
may be sure that our brains are being over
strained when our nightly dreams relate
to events of the day, and if we actually
seem in sleep to be continuing our daily
work, this is danger signal which must
never be disregarded.
When we feel wearied in the morning
! very likely it results from dreams that we
have forgotten, and then the best thing to
| do is to tnl,a avarcisa Without coD;nC, to
any decided opinion as to the supernatnra
MEANINGS attributed to DRAINS we c.n at
least nrofit nv these nractical hints Con
sidered as nroducts If had digestion draams
cannot be reasonably axnected to toll ne
anything of useful character or to supply
us with any warning, except one directed
against the continuance of depraved diet
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