The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-08-09
AHA. so YOU'RE NOT SLEEPING WELL?

In practice have observed that people who can and do sleep well often have poor sleeping conditions and people who have excellent sleeping equipment are likely to suffer from insomnia of their own making. Irony, thinks the neurotc. In truth 1t is one of the fair deals of life. There is something on the con- science of the wretch who cannot sleep.
 It is astonishing too, how many % people insist luxurious comforts in an automobile which they enjo yfor an hour or two a day, yet boggle at the investment of one-twentieth as much conceive why the living room, library or dining room should rate fine and costly furniture while the sleeping rooms are rather less tnvit- ing than those of second rate hotel
 In earlier lessons in this course all neurotics so-called nervous wrecks were divided into two classes-the dumb and the crooked. There is no alternative for those who purport to, have weak nerves" or neurasthenia. They should be prepared to accept either A or classihca- tion if they boast complain or confess they suffer from insomnia
 Adults over thirty ordinarily need eight hours of sleep. If they play work or exercise much, particularly in the open air, they can do with nine hours in ped. If they live by their wits parasites on the labor, industry, thrift indulgence of others, they need only six or seven hours sleep or rest in bed. Many sedentary adults enjoy excellent health on six hour sleep schedule plus an additiona! two hours of ast in hsd that M rest waking worry anxiety, is injurious to health. Worry about short sleep rations Is a habit cultivated by neurotics. Instead of taking advantage of a wakeful hour or two to cogitate some pleas ant problem plan they dwell on their nefari- ous schemes their sins or the peril Of being found out. They are troubled by bad con- science in the dead of night. They yearn for dope to make them forget, to make them sleep. They toss miserably "all night long, Whereas a normal individual whiles away the time quietly. perhaps thinking of one pleasant thing or another about life, perhaps reading bit of whatever he likes to read perhaps just listen ing to the sounds of night. 44-.,.es5
 Neurotics ever ready to make a fuss and complain about the noises that are associated with the life around them. Street traffic the whistle of the milkman, the tintinabulation of the garbage collectors as they juggle cans on the pavement, the barking of dogs. the chatter of late parties she sauawk Of neigh boYs' radios. When such ordinary noises pre- vent sleep it is fairly obvious that the sleep is not necessary. If one has earned ones sleep the chatter and racket of life does net interfere with 1t at all.
 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
 Bergamot for Head Lice
 Applying kerosene to the hair may destroy the lice but 1t seems a disagrccablc treatment. have observed . less di.agrecable treatment zen the tips Of fingers with bcrgainOt and rub into tic scalp in various parts The lice will crawi removed. Mrs H. F.. M)
 Answer-Thank you. No doubt Mrs H. E. M. means oil of bergamot.
 Diathermy Of Tonsil
 Six weeks ago liad my tOr,sils removed by surgery. One Of the crypts Is stili innamed The doctor keeps applying iodIn to 1t and says it is chronic and will take time to get we'll. (Mrs M. A. J.)
 Answer-Dathermy will quickly sterilize the l. crypt. It might have been better to have the ltonsils extirpated with diathermy in the first place. It is less blind work than the bloody method. ftF Imagine. Writing for Your Nurse
 Would you advise taking q course in nursing from fl school in another city? They give d. pIoma and g piii but 1t costs. (Bctsyl. Answer-If you refer to correspondence | course. do not advise 1t. If 1t is an actual training school for nurses, your family physi- clan would be the best one fo ask abant 1t.