The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-03-04
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A mino OF Information concerning vo~.
treatments prescribed for victims Of insor.n
is contained In q new scientific work by Maj.
dc Menacoine, a Russian woman who hns .
suited hundreds Of tho highest sutborl,i.s"
tho subject and who has made many o,,n31
experiments. Her work has Just been ,ss.a
lated into English. The first cory IN 80
Washington was received at the library NJ ~.
Surgeon. General OF the army two DAYS q
Cold-water bags applied TO the forehead no,
hot ones to the back OF the neck arc rccom,n.rs
ed 10 produce sleep, since by their moan. ,I-
blood Ia driven from the brain. Hot ha ths e."
crease tho sizo Of the blood vessels %, the stin
and produce tho same effect. Another me,hos
Of freeing the brain and causing slecpNon.
which will DO found acceptable to every NM
Is tho eating OF light supper just before "a.
firing. Tho blood in this case is sen. from ~.
brain to the stomach, where 1t is needed in az.
gestion.. us
Experiments prove that monotony is nm q.
gan appears TO automatically drain oil its ihhI"rs,
wher fatigued to a normal degree, Iin Inc.
himself to. sleep. Mon have been reS az iIl%I M,
sloep, by being made, to hear water drop cor.
stantly. A watch ticking under the pillow will u
accustomed to Us monotony that It is no longer
heard. According, to the Russian AUTHORITY.
by their servants, commanded to scratch maj
heels until lapse of consciousness occurred.
sleep because Of It's monotony. A PappsoS uag IL.
dian recently told the. writer that the netjyc
d doc ora among mo CHI his people sil at the .bedsidesoo Of
oyer and over. throughout tho whole night.
No sdditional treatment. beyond conjurinss, ia 3
t upp1 only virtue q pft the e alG eoaS Sojns t SSured.
lief Of pain and the nourishmont Of the system
rocking produces sieep.. as does popcat edsPSs ra.Sl
ing Of the hair. Corean mothers. put their n
n rsnts to ppo sloi iRet sy .b sSSsa,shinf sn shS% moao,e.
accomplish the same result By continnousiv
stroking tho spines Of their infants. In thss
monotony, but by the attraction Of the blood y
the body By the stimulus Of touch.
fatigue, the mind through monotony. tn
writer has seen subjects, hypnotized while
s sDsnih1nfs s s sssi5 p nrsfass; b ay nsSsdf,s sles % how ~
thstics, injurss father than refreshes the mind
never ns g o cSlei s SssIsf in q i tr9% insomnia sonm should
ments show that light falling. upon the eyeiid,
causes a rush of blood to the brain. The head
5Ioa fbn no s.r DC Kept 700 low lest gravity pro
Insomnia f. found to be characteristic of per.
whose pulse is apt to quicken upon tho sIiIs1b enS
proyocation; Loss Of sleep most frequently
56ssalss efo% Of e either Tin Of d fi1hss t %inq b,o OF BODY.
sells Of the brain and eventually paralyzes them.
extreme cold produces tho same result. FIX.
tions causes rush of blood to the brain and sleeD.
lessness, Il occurring near bedtime.
quire sleep in proportion to the scarcity Of red rSd
corpusclos in our blood. All people, therefore.
do not correspond in their need Of sleep. Many
sleep is needed depends upon the strength Of
r eonsfSt0q 9sIi ssi,. GhbildTen; saEagss, and idiots
tn-developed. and therefore readily fatiSued'
Persons of strong will power and marked in.
is dificuit to ovcrfatigne their consc sLeesi
Young infants are found to demand sleep the
% ria weeks OF Of inc ose hours rsGuf Of the DAY day; those lose up to
time being gradually decreased to from ten to
eight hours until the age OF puberty. During
puberty from nine to seven hours are necessary.
After complete growth from eight to six, and II
when the sleeping hours should gradually in.
crease. With increased Intellectual growth.
Too much sleep is thought to be harmful by
some authorities. Since consciousness re.
sleep win rob 4 Of its education. During sleep
q man grows Ike q vegetable, but his mind gets
Were a child to sleep twenty hours a day until
10 years old he would doubtless have a feeble
n m,aS' n ca!tGTsa who 70 iS5 BE 4gst sss a eSsn t sFs 5o %Ss
sleep ut a normal rate. but their intellects are
duller and their muscles weaker. Insomnia,
on the other hand Ii always a dangerous symp-
.Oyerslecping,. as well as insomnia, is treated Of
at length by the Russian authority. Accord.
ing to her, oversleeping people should live in
rooms, take cold baths and mas.
sage, indulge. in amusements ana mingle in
society. Erasmus Darwin Is said to
have had difficulty in keeping awake while rid.
ing horseback, Whenever he felt himself grow
ing sleepy he thought of something which irri.
tated him. He then became awakened. because
the emotion caused a rush of blood to his brain.
to tho latter-day theorists. There.
fore, joy, another stimulating emotion. should
have the same effect. Thus when there Is
brought to our attention to produce
pleasant or unpleasant excitement, drow.
occurs with .yawning, its constant accom-.
paniment. To adopt the rush-of-blodd to.the.
head theory, therefore,, our brains appear to be
squeezed out rather dry when We are Indifferent
Us to surroundings. Then we have the physi.
ology of being bored.