Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1898-09-15
DANGER DURING SLEEP.
1'he Moment When the Human Ma
chineFy Runs sIOwest and Life
Is at It's Lowest Ebb.

three o'clock every morning. At that
hour they give little means, awaken
partially or wholly, and then either
drop back into slumber or into death.
Physical giants among men, and lions
among animals, have this experience,
just as do the fraiIest babes or weak.
est kittens, Viewed in any and every
light, the occurrence is remarkable,
Why it is not at midnight, at one a. m.
two a. m, or, in the case of late sleep
ers, why does it not come at six or
seven o'clock? An Enquirer man
asked some of the leading physicians
regarding this occurrence, and CLEANED
some most interesting information.
At the hour of about three o'clock
every morning every night-sleeping
man, woman, child and animal is near
er to death than at any other moment
in all the "a hours. 1t is then that
the more active of the yitals come
the nearest to stopping or running
| down. They come SO near it that if
they came a breath-an atom-nearer
it they would stop. The thought is one
Of absorbing interest.
The machinery of life comes within
| Just hairs breadth of stopping at
some moment near three a, m, The
why of this is explained as follows:
The composure of the body when ly-
ing still produces not only rest, but
that same element of danger so omni-
present to all machinery left unat-
tene3ed-the absence of a watchfuI
brain.
In welcoming the hours of sleep you
unconsciously welcome dea tbs most
advantageous time for conquering you
Every moment you are asleep your
physical self is running unmatched by
the engineer. The supply of coal Good
for the furnace is withheld. The steam
(blood) in the pipes runs low. This
neglect of the engine-room of the body
continues until some moment at about
three a. m. the machinery all but
stops. In the healthy or fairly healthy
body the coming of this moment pro
duces a wild shock to the system, and
this shock causes you to unconscious
ly throw out your arms and legs, rut
your nose violently, moan, take deer
breath and turn over. Your doing al
this--or most of it-has literally anC
of sober truth saved your life. L
gave fresh impetus to the almos
stopped action of the heart, which il
turn restored the well-nigh stopped
circulation all throughout your body
The moan and deep breath quickenet
the action of the lungs and rouseC
them to their usual rate of speed
The rest that their organs had re
ceived by being allowed to run SLOW
to run almost down--enabled them
with the restarting administered b,
the three o'clock commotion, to sue
Cessfully begin another run, carrying
you over the death point and allowing
you to resume the full period of res
necessary to the brain and to tn
nerves and muscles of the limbs AM
other portions of the body.
As to what causes this little shocl
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death, the wisest of the wise know
nothing. The theories about it ar
legion. But they are only theories
The percentage of deaths at this mal
yelous moment exceeds that of an
other in the "a hours, while the nun
ber of old people who die at abou
three o'clock in the morning is ar
pallingly in excess of their death rat
at any other time. In all cases at a
critical it is said that the physical
secretly breads the hour, three a. m
hundred times more than scarcel
any other incident in practice, whil'
to all that lives and breathes, it bring
The most mcmentous time of all e.
stence.-Cincinnati Enquirer.