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North Otago Times, 15 February 1913, Page 4 (Supplement)

Curious flew Cure for Insomnia. Tho successful practitioner nowadays scorns to be the one who watcjies Naturo most closely and Imitates her methods In his treatment of. nervous .troubles. Dr. Partial, of Turin, tor instance, claims that he to discovered (hat the host method ot treating obstinate Insomnia Is to make his patients Imltato the drowsy nodding!! of a tired man while sitting in a chair. Every one who has ever watched a sleepy man In a street car lias probably been amused by tho neck-dislocating nods which herald the Ipproach ot sleep. If the observ. er has jlven any thought to the subject at all, ho has probably dcoldcd that the contortions are duo to the sleeper's unconscious efforts ,to presorvo his balance. Dr. Pardlnl says that balance has nothing to do with ft. He declares.that the nodding Is pathologic ; that It Is Nature's method of Inducing sleep. . In addition to this, Dr. Pardlnl says that ft careful simulation of the deop respiration which Is always present In normal sleep is of a great therapeutic value In curing insomnia, When one of Dr. Pardlnl's patients finds himself unable to sleep he Is Instructed to sit up in bed. Extending his neck and elevating.his chin he then slowlv brings his ,hcad forward until his position of balance Is approached. As that point is reached the patient Is to relax the muscles of the neck so as.to allow the head to tall forward trom Its own weight. When tho lowest point Is rcathpd the body Is to be slightly Inclined toward tho right, so as to Impart a rolling motion to the uncontrolled head. This, If properly carried out, brings the ■head of the patient almost upon his right shoulder. The body is then to bo Inclined to the left and the head allowed to roll In that direction, still uncontrolled by the muscles. As soou as the head has reached the left shoulder muscular control is to be resumed, and the head raised slowly until It is in tho same position as at the beginning of the exerelße. Then tho whole mdthod is to be repeated as long as needful.—American Paper, A Story ol die Duke ol Wellington On one occasion tho Duke of Wellington received a letter In the following terms. 1 corrcot tho spelling" Mr. Tomklns venlures to address the Duke of Wellington. Mr. Tomkins's mother la a washerwoman; Mr. Tonkins regrdts ,(o say that, having washed for the Marquis of Douro for many years, his mother has been unable to obtain payment for tho last three years, Mrs. Tomklns Is very poor, and cannot afford tc ose the money. She hopes the Duke will kindly pay it. Mrs. TomktnsVs address'' IS A'fler carefully reading and considering the letter, tho Duke sent, the following reply "Field Marshal the Duke of Wellington has received a letter from Mr. Tomklns, stating that tho Marquis of Douro Is dn debt to his mother, lire, Totnkins. Tlhe Duke ol Wellington Is not the Marquis of Douro. The Duke rogrdts to And that his eldest son has not paid lis washerwoman's bill. Mrs. Tomfclns has no claim upon the Duke ol Welllnglon. Tho Duke recommends her, falling another application, to place Ihe matter In the hands of a respcotahle solicitor," Some six years later the Duke had a dinner at Apsley House. 'One of the guests asked the Duke If he was not toranemted with applications for his autograph. The Duke replied : " Oh, yes ; constantly, 11 The friend then said: " A very few days afo I Was examining a most interesting collection, with your Grace's In the place ol honour In tho hock." " What was that ?" eald "the Duke. " Well, the collector's plan Is to write to every person of eminence, and to accuse hi! eldest son of "bilking his washerwoman. He pastes. hlB own letter and the reply face to face." I Should like to lave seen the Dukc'6 face when he heard the flrdt Frusslon fcannon at Waterloo; I should also like to have seen II on this occasion. Not n "A'atural" Exercise, A Warning to Cyclists, Said an observant physician recently " I am net one o( those who wish to cry down tho sport of cycling ; but I certainly tMnk overy rider should bo warned against possible evils that may arise out of overindulgence In tho pastime. Cycling Is, to my mind, an artificial rather than % natural oxordso. It <is, as it were, an adaptation of man's natural movements to tho propulsion of a whedl. "For this reason, It seems to me that we dUould be all the more careful how we adopt it to the exclusion of the older moth, ods of taking cserdso. Man Is specially built for walking, for running, for jumping, and cllmlblng; but he Is not specially adapted for cycling, and this Is why there are bo many Ingenious Inventions that serve to mako up for his deficiencies. " Some enthusiasts say, 1 Let us all cycle to the utmost, and gradually a race will be evolved particularly adapted for riding bicycles, just as wo are specially formed for walMng.' I tako it that we shall then all llvo and h&ve our sleeping rooms and offices on tho ground door, for I have not heard of a cyclo that will mount stairs."— " Oaaoll'o Saturday Journal."