The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-09-15
TREATING INSOMNIA.
ADVICE TO THE VICTIMS OF A DIS
TRESSlNG DISEASE.

An Addiction That Is Widespread In
This Hustling Country-How to Woo
the "sieep That Knits Up the Rsveied
Sleeve of Care"
Insomnia is widespread American
disease 1t afflicts the best brains of this
oountry-lawyers, teachers and other
professionals and especially men OF
affairs whose minds are overtaxed with
multitude of harassing, incessant bust
ness details. 1t is caused by an undue |
distension of the arteries supplying the |
red blood to the brain, resulting in un-
relieved pressure on the nerve cells Of |
the gray matter, eventuating in pro- !
longed wakefulness during the night,
at time when they should be allowed
to remain quiescent and recuperate the
tissue wasted during the active hours
of the day Shakespeare POLITICALLY says,
- IT'S sleep knits up the raveled sleeve
of care " This is also true scientifically
and physiologically. 1t is capable OF
being expanded into whole treatise.
With the lightninglike glance Of genius
he saw into the very structure of nerve
tissue, the cause of its wear and tear
and the remedy.
DR.. Samuel johnson in his ponderous
dictionary defined met" to be IAN
interviewer decussated tissue Of mesh
es /" Each cell in the brain has this
character Magnifed several hundred
diameters it would resemble the net
work covering a small balloon. In the
morning, after refreshing nights rest,
each cell is expanded, alert with life,
and has the faint pink glow of health.
At evening, after long days work
over some exhausting mental occupa-
ton, this cell is tlaccid and collapsed, a
portion of its substance gone, and 1t IS
unfit for further immediate work.
A nights natural sleep repairs the
waste, the life giving blood in gentle,
regular pulsations flows by and the
proper element is taken out Of each
globule and incorporated into the struc-
ture of the nerve cell, so that on awak-
ening it is again restored. alert and
ready to receive and send out messages
and do its proper work. Sleep has knit
together again the meshes raveled ont
by care The action of 1000, 900 of
these cells packed together in the brain,
like Leyden Jars in a battery, is analo-
gous to electricity, but not at all identl-
Cal with it.
One has sometimes in the country
, noticed a lone forest lightning struck
) tree slowly decaying as the seasons roll
. by in the alterations of rain and frost
and wind. First the small twigs become
brittle, break off and fall, then larger
branches and limbs and finally the many
thousand subdivisions are reduced Il
about three large stumps supported by
the blasted trunk with the rotten bari
clinging to it, AS age creeps slowly Oh
T, the animal body the small ramitcatlon
: of blood vessels in the face, for instance
: wither and die and then larger vessels
n leaving pits called wrinkles. In
: same thing happens in the interior
70 the brain, but this is invisible on the sur
face. Instead of many fine subdivision
of arteries reaching every part OF tn
structure and thus irrigaring 1t wit
the red life giving fluid these dry up
are absorbed and larger ones and fewe
- in number result Into these tho bloc
= has a tendency to pour at night durin
y, sleep, on slight provocation resultin
p in undue distension and engagement
v. and consequent wakefulness, thus Pre-
D. ducing the we'll known disease 'insom
n nia," which, if prolonged. results l
" brain wreck and insanity.
r. Let the sufferer look to the health
y, his whole body by outdoor exercise
o. open air and regular diet, amend an
H. correct the general health or use toni
v. baths at the proper time of the day bt
sh fore retiring or on rising Taklng
'h slight repast before going to bed SO
!, to draw a surplus of blood from III
a brain and elevating the head on pillow
er so as to allow gravitation to assist
80 draining the blood from the brain al
good.
Periodicity is of great assistance. IL
". ing to bed at exactly the same hot
or every night, the firm and strong bell
or in the fact that you will sleep at tn
M hour, the diversion of the mind just b
its fore retiring by some light readln
at amusement, work or exercise WILL mel
hg Refuse, if possible, to discuss or DIVE
on upon mournful, irritating or unfort
RS nate personal topics or Affections: Shou
so the sufferer suddenly awake in the mig
TX before the allotted hours for repose ha
,rn passed. his best plan is not to lie ava
es. in bed in the dark staring vacantl
pts The oversensitive mind conjures maj
ns gloomy thoughts at this time In q
BIS. deep, still darkness of the night, VIII
all outside day sounds and noises ma
!. ceased their distraction These cas-
M can be successfully treated at hou
l.; and not by drugs. Have night Tar
Oh handy, light q candle, arise. throw
RS; and air the bed clothes, sit up, With
for convenient wrapper around you. IN
n ms easy chair, having first thrown oper
'dv door or window to completely chan
so the vitiated air of the room. VI coul
one must have chamber to himself
do this. All the conditions external