Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-07-25
HOW TO GET SLEEP

Insomnia, or the inability to sleep. Is
a very common complaint in civilized
countries. and especially In the United
states II Il probably attributable 10
The extreme nervousness, or rather the
neryeltssucss that IS Increasing in this
country caused by the immoderate use
Of sumu.ants particularly tea or cot-
fee u De- very grievous and irri-
Eating malady. To toss upon ones bed
100 a wide.awake condition when sleep
is desirable and really essential to pro-
per recuperat!on IS indeed a serious
condition and one that IL not changed
is likely 20 bring about insanity. or at
least O nervous collapse.
We have an heard OF various devices
by which 1t is claimed sleep may be Sc
cured. Most II not all OF them have
the effect Of engaging the mind in such
way that the brain is brought into
activity Instead Of repose, and thus the
evil is II anything increased rather
than mltigated
We allude 10 this subject just now
because new idea, or one that is
claimed to be new, has been introduced
and has obtained some notoriety i
has been published or alluded 10 in
number Of prominent journals. and
there may he something in Il which win
suggests a way Of relief 70 people suffer-
ing from the distressing malady mcm-
tioned. The remedy is simply putting
ones own hand upon the head, by means
~ which the electrical charge IN the
brain finds its way down through the
arm. thence to be absorbed by the body.
II Is stated that there are man-currents,
which by flowing In certain way On
the nervous system, constitute the spe-
cial agency upon which the brain recu-
pcration depends during sleep.
The dlscoverer Of this principle and
action is Albert H. Shore, an engineer.
scientist and author The following.
taken from an article written by him
for a New York paper. win explain his
theory for which however, he does not
claim an original discovery as 1t was
advanced as lar back as 1925 by a scien-
list aud philosopher Of that period. We
copy 1t for the benefit Of persons who
take an interest In such matters.
In measure sleep may be defined as
phenomenon due TO the flow Of nerve
energy from the body 10 the head, while
consciousness FOR the most part IS due
20 reverse condition.. e.. il flows
from the head 70 the body. Were these
conditions not Numerically opposite
We should know nothing OF ordinary
sleep, or 90 other words, these regular
periods Of Inconsistencies. and the
same would be true II nerve currents
were IN imponderable form OF energy.
Every thought and every movement we
make when on our feet demands a
stimulus from brain 10 body and be-
Ing that these impulses carry with them
some Of the brains vital material Il fol-
lows that IN time this organ must
become exhausted, and the longer Il
is kept active the more difficult IL con-
sciousness or the greater is the desire
Tor resignation Of will. repose or sleep.
This brain material is not destroyed
10 is absorbed by the many nerves Of
the body until saturated. which Is
about the time the brain has become
thoroughly exhausted. once uucon.
scious the blood is shut on from the
brain. and soon the electrical condi-
tions AZ while conscious are reversed.
the brain is negative 10 the body. and
Tor this reason nerve currents from an
parts Of the body flow into q and carry
with them To restore gradually that
wonderful material which IL had lost
while conscious and which IN itself
seems 10 be the essence Of mind or con-
sciousness when lodged in this or
gan of the mind.