To Sleep, Perchance to Dream
Authors: J.R. E.
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1964)

Editorials1 July 1964To Sleep, Perchance to DreamJ.R. E.J.R. E.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-61-1-155 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptO sleep! it is a gentle thing,Beloved from pole to pole.—Coleridge, The Rime of the Ancient MarinerSleep is an experience so universal that it becomes notable only by its absence. When sleep is denied, most human beings share the sentiment of the Ancient Mariner (although usually under circumstances less harrowing). Who does not know the painful yearning of the fatigued mind and body for sleep? Who does not know the agony of being awakened from a sleep as yet unfinished or of having to stay awake when exhaustion demands sleep—an experience all too familiar to most physicians?...References1. SHAKESPEARE W: Macbeth, Act II, scene 2. [After all, this is the Bard's 400th anniversary year.—Ed.] Google Scholar2. SHAKESPEARE W: Hamlet, Act III, scene 2. Google Scholar3. WOLSTENHOLMEO'CONNOR GEM CIBA Foundation Symposium: The Nature of Sleep, edited by , Little, Brown and Co., Boston, 1960, pp. 416. Google Scholar4. OSWALD I: Sleep mechanisms: Recent advances. Proc. Roy. Soc. Med. 55: 910, 1962. MedlineGoogle Scholar5. KLEITMAN N: Sleep and Wakefulness, revised edition, University of Chicago Press, Chicago, 1963. Google Scholar6. DEMENT WC: Experimental dream studies, Science and Psychoanalysis, edited by MASSERMAN, J., Vol. 7, 1964. Google Scholar7. LEWIS HE: Sleep patterns on polar expeditions, pp. 322-328 in Ref. 3 above. Google Scholar8. WILKINSON RT: Effects of sleep-deprivation on performance and muscle tension, pp. 329-336 in Ref. 3 above. Google Scholar9. KLEITMAN N: Discussion, p. 337 in Ref. 3 above. Google Scholar10. KETY SS: Sleep and the energy metabolism of the brain, pp. 375-381 in Ref. 3 above. Google Scholar11. ROYSHERRINGTON CSCS: On the regulation of the blood-supply of the brain. J. Physiol. 11: 85, 1890. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar12. MANGOLDSOKOLOFFCONNERKLEINERMANTHERMANKETY RLEJPGSS: The effects of sleep and lack of sleep on the cerebral circulation and metabolism of normal men. J. Clin. Invest. 34: 1092, 1955. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar13. BURWELLROBINWHALEYBICKELMANN CSEDRDSG: Extreme obesity associated with alveolar hypoventilation—a Pickwickian Syndrome. Amer. J. Med. 21: 811, 1956. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar14. DICKENS C: The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club, Chapman and Hall, London, 1837. Google Scholar15. DEMENTKLEITMAN WCN: Cyclic variations of EEG during sleep and their relations to eye movements, body motility, and dreaming. Electroenceph. Clin. Neurophysiol. 9: 673, 1957. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar16. JOUVET M: Recherches sur les structures nerveuses et les mecanisms responsables des differente phases du sommeil physiologique. Arch. Ital. Biol. 100: 125, 1962. MedlineGoogle Scholar17. DEMENT WC: The effect of dream deprivation. Science 131: 1705, 1960. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics 1 July 1964Volume 61, Issue 1Page: 155-158KeywordsSleep ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 July 1964 PDF downloadLoading ...