SLEEPLESS INDIAN

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22476, 21 July 1936, Page 6

SLEEPLESS INDIAN

FORTUNE FOR REMEDY * MANY RECIPES OFFERED [from a special correspondent] LONDON, July 1 The strange case of the Calcutta millionaire, Raihadur Ramjidas Bajoria, •who 'has been unable to sleep properly for two years t and has offered great wealth to any who can cure him, has attracted considerable attention in London. His offer has brought suggestions from all over the world, but he despairs Df finding a cure. A London firm of medical apparatus manufacturers is confident that it can . succeed. The managing director has sent to him as a gift eledtrical apparatus worth £35. All that is asked in return is a report on the effects of treatment. The apparatus is then to be given to a charitable institution. This gesture is one of thousands which have deeply touched the Marwari. The sufferer's correspondents include housewives, actors, farmers, labourers, foresters, and a Texas cowboy. Few have asked for money. The only impulse of the majority is to relieve a man's sufferings. So many offers have been made that insomnia is apparently one of mankind's commonest diseases. The Marwari belongs to one of the most orthodox Hindu sects. For this reason he has declined to take part in any experiments. One Indian hypnotist guaranteed to cure him within 48 hours. The sleepless man refused because of his religion. Many of the recipes to induce sleep have come from London. Lady Margaret Swann, of St. James Court, has offered a pillow filled with dried flowers and herbs. English herbalists made the collection. She is sure it would bring relief. Other suggestions are to lie in a wet sheet; put sweet oil on the eyelids and base of- the neck, massage the top of the spine; use a brick for a pillow; take an hour's aeroplane flight; sleep near a wood fire; listen to radio music, drink beer; take a sleeping draught and a knock-out blow on the chin. A ivoman in America cabled ' Lat lettuce."