The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1904-11-09

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many may be benefited.
Insomnia.
IhaYe many letters from various parts |
of the world in which the writer's aD-
peal for relief from insomnia. have |
written upon the subject many times,
and have frequently described success
full methods which afford relief to peo-
pie, according to the spirit in which
they practice the cure. / presume the
humber of methods for the relief OF this
malady could not all be written in .
book Of a thousand pages, and all OF
them might fail in some certain case.
and yet to the person who has been
cured there is nothing 60 simple and
easy as the method by which he was
relieved, and as most people ike to help
others, he takes great pleasure In tell
ing others about his plan.
A merchant of Chicago brought to me
| his wife for treatment, and she de-
clared with great earnestness that she
had not slept for two weeks. | placed
her in quiet room in charge Of COM
petent nurse with instructions to watch
her carefully and report the next morn
| ing. / was certainly surprised next
morning to see the patient looking quite
rested, although she firmly declared she
had not closed her eyes five minutes.
Taking the nurse aside, learned that
after fretting for about an hour because
she could not sleep, the patient had not
only gone soundly to sleep, but snored
so loudly that the nurse was kept wide
/ awake nearly the whole night. The pa
tent awakened only once, and after ask
ing for drink, and again complaining
because of wakefulness, slept as be-
fore. Now. this was an extreme case,
and peculiar methods must be adopted;
suggestion was all that was needed, and
asked the woman If she had ever
been hypnotized. She said NO but
was perfectly willing to be, if it would
cure her. had the husband come into
the room while | talked to her in very
impressive manner about the powers OF
hypnotism. and the husband said that
he had no objections, if she could only
be relieved. I therefore asked him to
be present the next night, and said
would put her to sleep. / kept her as
much as possible in the open air that
day, and, having inspired her with con-
fdence, I had her carefully and quietly
, put to bed The husband sat there in
open-mouthed wonder while / talked to
her in a soothing tone for a few mo-
ments, telling her to not awaken until
: seven o'clock next morning. then
took hold Of both her hands, pressing
a with my thumb upon the ulnar nerve Of
her left hand This caused tinglins
/ sensation in the arm, and she at once
: declared that l was strong, electric
: battery, and that her arm was asleel
, already. In five minutes she was snor
ing. and we sat there for half an hour
+ while she slept soundly. | then awak
ened her, and she declared she had 70
o closed her eyes. This convinced thu
husband that she was laboring under ;
I delusion, and stopped his worry.
: again took hold of her hands. and sh'
e was soon asleep, awakening next morn
: ing convinced that she was cured.
: Smile in the Dark.
4 All cases are not like this, but man.
d are, and a cure can be secured in tn
e following manner: Smile in the darl
: when you awaken in the night, and can
v not go to sleep; you will find that tn
i, jaws are tightly closed, and you ~ar
n worrying about something. Now smil
v about it, and see that every muscle Q
s the face is relaxed into pleasant smile
n Imagine that you are meeting some Gea
i. friend, and fix your face for the az
t proval of that friend. Now, this ma
! seem to be one Of the fool cures, but TT
IL it. Keep on smiling and think Of thing
h that are pleasing. The simple fact ths
n you have changed the thought current
e of the mind and relaxed the muscles c
II the face and jaws will soon place 20
n in the land Of pleasant dreams. Try i
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