The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-12-25

the influence OF impressions made upon
him when he was asleep. He detailed a
person to make various experiments
upon his senses without informing him
in advance what he was about TO do, and
TO wake him after each test. His nose
and his lips were first tickled with q
feather. He dreamed that a pitch plaster
had been applied to his face INT later
torn away so violently as to bring with
It the skin from his face. A pinch at the
back OF the neck made him dream OF a
blister and brought to his memory a
doctor who had attended him when a
child.
Psychologists often have to consider
the very common dream OF a person go
ing about the streets and other public
places without clothing. Most people
have had this dream experience. II
probably arises from a sensation OF cold
following an insuficiency OF clothing or
following the loss OF bed clothing. A
feverish condition followed by chill
might also produce this dream effect
When the skin is particularly sensitive
through illness the smallest impressions
may NC pei NNAAtA mA0 heAAAANA SACWef
attacks from wild animals. etc.
Maudsley. in his most interesting chap
tiers on sleep and dreaming in The Path
ology Of the Mind, attributes many dream
causes to cerebral circulation (page 39).
When the brain is thinking. he explains.
there Is a more active flow Of blood
through Il than when IL is at rest. u
this flow must not be too active, or sound
thinking is impossible. An excessive or
a deficient flow of blood through the
brain is adverse TO successful thought
when these conditions are applied to the
brain at sleep we obtain interesting
dream results. Nightmares which awaken
one and then return again with sleep are
Of this nature. Local fluctuations Of the
circulation also may be the cause OF dis
turbed dreams. II is easy to conceive.
says Maudsley. that some trivial dis
order Of an organ may affect temporarily.
through nerves the circula-
ton In the cerebral area in which Il Is
represented; the particular vascular area
will blush or become pale. az u we're. In
sympathy with the state Of the organ.
The quality Of the blood f. also an i'm
portant factor IN dreams. Lack OF iron
IN the blood or a d~ehciently carbonized
blood will have the same effect upon the
sleeping brain as upon the waking mind.
Overwork Is a weil-known cause Of
bad dreams. Physical and nervous ex-
hausiion affect the brain centres and
react I'm sleep az they do when you
are awake. Moral shocks disturb the
brain cells and produce disordered sleep
consciousness.
As scientists experiment more and
more with dreams. the more we work
away from the old superstitions and a.
tain a correct pathological reason Tor
consciousness in sleep. The a~ncients
tried 90 draw prophecy and portont and
guidance from their dreams. We are be-
ginning Co analyre and run 20 the doe
tor. 10 Dr. a normal thing 70 dream-the
mind goes on with lts curious Workina
whcn judgment drops its hand In aioor
and is no longer az the ruddef. Most
dreams seem 90 be nothing more nor lcsi
than harmless rcassociation OF impress
sions mttiuE before us ike "a moting pic
ture nim gone mad Those dream.
which tell us OF physical disorder. 90
are just beginning tO note. Iucy usu
ally are due to arrangements fOIowinl
lack uf physical exercise and ordinary
watchfulness Of the functions OF elm
tnation.