ABOLISHING SLEEP.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume XLV, Issue 10169, 26 July 1924, Page 5

ABOLISHING SLEEP.

BY MEANS OF AN ELECTRIC CURRENT.

Two medical men have let it be j known that they are collaborating m an attempt to abolish sleep. The idea is not new, the 'Daily Telegraph observes. Macbeth some time ago heard a voice cry, "Sleep no morel Macbeth does murder sleep. J-ne modern methods are, however, less violent than his. The two doctors have found reason to hope that the application of "a direct electric current to the brain cells of a man who is feeling sleepy will make him wake up. ine | human brain, they say, is to be considered as a storage battery ;• whiler it can supply energy to the rest ot the organism we develop our normal horse power without feeling sleepy. When i its electricity is exhausted we, teel I tired. Therefore, all that is needed to abolish the necessity for sleep is to recharge the battery of the brain. This process, it is believed, can be completed in a quarter of an hour. So the hatmy men of to-morrow will not go to bed ot nights, they will merely sit down, apply "a direct electric current" to their brain cells, and ''start another days work" In the interests of nublic order, we have concealed the names of the doctors who propose this future for humanity. But there seems to. be no doubt that they ' sincerely believe themselves to be working for our good, and expect our gratitude. Such an electrified existence as they offer us would, we are assured, add . 17 ... wak : ing years" to the duration of life of the average man. It is hardly worth while to point out that ho one can tell how long a nightly electrified brain would be of any use to the owner, ihe average man would rather live the lire of Mr Wardle's Fat Bey than such a one as this.