Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1901-11-28
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DIR. William Evart, the well known
London physician, says in an article in
| the st. Louis Star:
Sleep has two offices, both fulfilled in
| the long sleep of night, which 1t is our
usual endeavor to secure for our pa
| tients-namely, that Of favoring the
slow changes Of repair and that Of In
terrupting consciousness by uncoupling
! the chain Of neurons or by relaxing
protopIasmic tension or tone. This re-
lief of tension is, it would seem, the
cn1y Office performed by the shorter
spells of sleep, and therefore the two
forms of sleep suggest two therapeutic
objects. The nights sleep Which comes
without any drugs may need to be bet
tered, and in improving the quality Of
spontaneous sleep our help is often Of
value It might also need to be pro-
longed.
The systematic prolongation Of sleep
for the cure of disease is one Of our
opportunities hitherto little used. Pro-
lOnged narcosis has also been suggested
in excessive wear and tear of the nerv-
Gus system, and in various nervous af-
fections, including the mental, its re-
newed trial, combined with suitable
methods in feeding, might lead TO en-
couraging results.
Best suited perhaps to our everyday
needs is a systematic resort to the
shorter sleep. Like the light install
ments Of food which restore the lost
function of appetite and digestion,
short sleep in the day may be essential
to the cure Of nocturnal insomnia. Our
growing wealth in hypnotics warrants
a hope that a suitable agent may yet
be found which in that direction would
minister to the health Of the invalid
and might command the luxury Of sleep
at an opportune time for the conyen-
fence Of the worker
Massage For ApOplexy.
The medical profession recognizes to-
day as it has never done before the re-
markable aid of massage. 1t has done
marvellous things for paralysis, even
for apOpleXy, at which doctors once
looked on helplessly, Apoplexy is caus-
ed by clot of blood on the brain, and
if that clot can be broken up, if al
emptying can be effected Of clogged
veins, recovery is in sight. Constant
massage of the forehead and skull will
do it (this has been proved over and
over AGAIN., while paralyzed limbs, by
patient, constant kneading, can have
new life rubbed into them.
To Turn Negroes White.
Professor Marshall Johnston Of the
University of Kansas school of medi-
cine has discovered a means whereby
he claims to be able to make the negro
white. Briefly set forth. Professor John
stons method consists in innOculating
the negro with the serum Of lcucitis
or albnism, harmless disease which
produces those strange oddities of ma
ture known as Albinos. The fact that
albinism is the result Of a disease is
discovery in itself, the credit Of which
belongs to the professor.
An Antiseptic Discovery.
An important discovery in the sci
ence Of antiseptics, upon which Drs.
Frederick G. Novy and Paul G. Freer
have been working for over year in
their laboratories at Ann Arbor, Mich,
has just been made public. The new
antiseptics are organic acid hyperox-
ides. In a water solution five one
thOusandths of l per cent OF active
oxygen derived from the hyperoXides is
fatal to all bacteria.