Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-04-13
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ny IN. ROBERT WATSON.

ular cases and work out their cure from
these hints; but Il we fail. they and l.
there must be no forlorn descent upon
tho druggist Tor sleeping draughts or
powders or tablets or pills
That way Hes danger. maybe death; for
drugs With the power to steal away your
hentcs are never lno matter what books
20 advertisements may say safe and
good
Benefit may result from a iudicious use
Of the right drug a. tho opportune mo-
mcnt but nm agent which nnmhs the
most important portion OF your body IN
spite Of itsof and reduces your being 20
hours Of uneonsciousness may leave In
Cdeliblc damage behind and persistent
( use ~ u may end IN an unexpected halt
~ vital section OF the human machine.
Such accidents occur daily and often
he drug employed has been one upon
which some scientist has pronounced the
: iiagic word safe"
There IL no safety ~ tampering WITH thc
essential machinery Of being Crises oc
cur when such tnmperlng has 20 be at
tempted, but The best physleian In no
who only measures oul hiA pet hypnotic
In fear and trembling when he can think
Of no alternative.
n Ia not always thc doctor who can
produce 4 bottle 70 Danish your pain nc
once who cures you soonest often the
rporphla or othor sedstlye Is added %
the mixture 20 snye thought or conceal
ignorance ~ much aa 10 aliay your suf
ferlng. Pain means something every time
and medical man has got 70 realize ex-
actly what that something signifies be
fore he wipes IL ont otherwise he may
blunder past the signals into a calamity
which viii cost human llfc.
II Ia the Same with Insomnia. n you
cannot sleep there IL n flaw somewhere
In the Dschine and 10 force matters with
drug white that flaw remains uncured
II neither common seBas nor prudent,
This article may help you 10 repair
defect Should n fail. however you
must ret doctor to lBye9tignte your
care and prescribe There are many
causes Of insomnio which chnnot be prof
itably discussed here.
The secret Of getting over 70 sleep and
~ staying there n ~ many, probably
most instances q matter o. comfort The
mind must b. easy and tho body easy
also. Your brain u IN audience chamber
into which your nerves. Of sensation bring
continual ncrsuEes from 0ll parts Of you,
when the hour FOR siumber arrives the
brain grows naturally inatteptive. but mn
. unexpected or exciting t1sssage may no
keep n Oh the alert that the trick %
fesp may be lost or spoiled
There IL D stage in wearlness which
lust suits sleep. II you work or play he-
49,
comes irritable and even ordinary meg
sages which OF other times could not
keep you awake seem annoying and spoil
slurnbcr Even ~ such stage however,
il Ia possible by nm effort OF the will TO
control some Of these rneaseRea, school
The mind into oblivion and secure sleep
where weaker individual would toss
and fret a book or q placid train Of
thought may help you to the same goal
The matter OF warmth has already been
considered, II is important, not only
because chlllineas anywhere means mes
cages which disturb the brain, but be
cause cold contracts tho blood vessels IN
the area involved. and such contraction
means that the blood which ordinarily
he there has 10 find accommodation
elsewhere. In sleep thu brain ought TO be
denuded Of blood and the warmer the
rest OF the body Is the easier can tenn
porary anaennia Of the brain be man
aged.
The drowslncss which comes when one
il lnzy before a big firo is in example of
the value Of waTmth~bed-socks hot bot
ties. hot foot bath-with or without
mustard--as an aid to sleep, and the fact
a. ]
ness in person who has tainted by
loosening tho collar or neckband and
lowering the head TO get more blood to
flow into II IL further proof that the nat
nraI highly ingensibility may be made
more secure by coaxing the bulk OF tho
circulation into tho trunk and extremi-
ties
A higher pillow aims At the same end |
by another method. II II the opposite
action TO that used In flrst-aid for faints.
Rut a buIlt-up pillow often helps sleep |
In other ways. as by making respiration
easier for folks with bronchial or lung /
or honrt defects (the ribs have more free
dom 10 move so) or by facilitating the
movements Of gases IN the flatuleni
wind or flatuienoe is great cause 81
sleeplessnaAs n may prevent one failing
asleep Tor hours and II tends 20 make
sIeep snatchy and unretreshing The
comfort Of the alimentary canal Is thus
important a heavy mea within four or
five hours 81 bedtime Is a mistake and
an indigestihle article eaten before sleep
may cause disturbing dreams or actual
nightmare. Folks differ in tho capacity
for rcconrillng sleep and digestion and
there are many 10 whom a light meal or
i warm drink ~ milk or Cruel lust be
lore lying down will aet like q hypnotie
mud secure slumhor sound and refresh
Ing
Tire person Victim ~ insomnia whose
4 bdomeunls hent like a drum should for
= ssason stop an SOUPS and bFoths. avold
pastry nsw bread, hot eakos and hot,
hattere9 toast keen his CONSUMPTION "
1auids al meal tlmas down 20 che TIRE
aHeibls minimum ana take oue compound
Ietsnaphlal tahlold after each meai ana
bfdtma CONSTIPATION must he coy
.rateA aa die accompanies absorption
FL pal.ans ffanN the iNtetunss produces
l.tf,abilfv IN tht nervous sgetem
rba epsn eudbw habit a'teu secures
stsso ANA "a sts % saaut pnt mHfe raF
stfs ip many taiks u elrgs lba wofn
a. t..saehs -nfauahrs tt.aHfe 5hat had
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