The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-12-24
FIRST TWO HOURS DEEPEST.
Absolute sleeplessness for About -Four
Days Found to be Fatal.

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Grille la, shown that absolute sleep
Ios.u".. for about four days is fatal.
Tho brain cells oi aHDHals that have
died after several absolutely -leeplc>-
DAYS when puf under the microscope .
Show married. differences from the same
soy ot cpij, taken from The branf of .
similar but well rested puiwai- +
Sleep az first is verv shallow Cons 4
sciousarss is not wholly lost The ear,
cau srill hear, tlc eyes can s.i!l soc,
aud thc nerves of sensation can still
appreciate touch. temperature. and
pain and The sensations can be record /
eel. in fcw minutes all communication
lines leading from the sense organs TO.
the brain are grounded and iht body
coils proceed to take on their storage
charges.
The first two hours OF sleep are the
deepest One Investigator scoring pro-
found sleep as 500 scored the profound
ness of Inconsistencies as follows:
Five minutes after falling aslcep. so;
S minutes zoe; 10 minutes. $50; i min
u,cs, poe; IL minutes. 25e; II minutes,
300; 20 minutes $50: one half hour.
Coo: / hour. 500; ] - hours. 200; =
hours loo; ] > hours, 40. After which
4 the score slowly falls until o Is reached
n. the end of S hours.
1 Another observer found that the
( deepest sleep was recorded one ana
thrcc-quagtcr~ hours after falling
| asleep. There Cn-ucd sharp drop uu-
/ tjl two hours, after which there was u
slow drop until the four ard half
hour poiut WINS reached, then slight
rise for one and half hours and Then
"a slow drop m,il waking time.
Another observer noticed that babies
were cspcciuilv liable to have Il spell
Of deep sleep Just after going 10 sleep,
followed by several hours of light
sleep: this was followed bv n period Of
deep sleep and then gradual approach
to consciousness.
Still another observer noted this see
. ond period of deep sleep rs habit Of
some persons. He observed or thought
he did that persons Who were most ac-
+ tive i'm the morning slept very deeply
Just after falling asleep and did not
have a second period of deep sleep dur
/ ing the night Persons who were q,
Ipeciully active in the late afternoon
and i'm The evening nearly always had
second period Of deep sleep and L
came towards morning
il is commonly recognized that, Will,
, during he last six hours Of the night
rest sleep is not deep, il is rcstful; II
fact, Just rs rcstful Is that of tht
earlier night Maybe however, on
hour at the beginning is more rcstfu
than any single hour late in the night
z Another observer proved chat. whll
two hours rest might sean to rest tn
G nind as much rs eight hours sleep. j
1 did not, 4 mind that has been restc'
9 by sleep for two hours was Just as goo
at simple multiplying and similar cas-
4 stunts, but when il game to memori1
ing sen figures and doing similar DIFF
2 cult fcats ciglt hours Has necessary fo
q efficiency.
s. Five minutes sleep in the aftcruoo
& rcaxcs YOU and takes the edge frol
II vour tire Nou think YOU are fun
]. rested Nou certainly, feel good bu
were v0u 10 put vour mind through
{, severe test vou would find that iiy
y minutes sleep is not equal to Il longt
r period n is power g rest Manchc
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