Right Position for Sleep.
The French doctors claim to have discovered that the proper petition in which, to sleep is to have the head to the north, and the feet, pointing souitih. Any other position, such as east amid iwest, therefore, lie in tho wrong .position at night, and, instead of getting rest and comfort, they only wear theniseliveß out in sleep.
pit wa« by measuringl what 'fhbj c|ll the "neuro .phyohologieal \ cmrrents" in man that the two sarauts came, to thin conclusion. Whan awake, they further' state, another position, namely, east or west, is the best for any prolonged activity. Owners^ of factories and offices where «, iarye number of persons. are regularly employed would, they add, find it to their advantaige to hare their" est«i*-> lishTDieaits facing east or west. More work can be igot out of a. mam! in this position with much, less faiti.2:;e. Tf literary men -want to write a .«?ood tiomiposition, they should sit at their desks facing the east. " , j How simple,",after aiUv.it will >w iereaififcer to write Ibietter than Hom?r pr Shakespeare, or to paint a< rhastei<piec« yihioh would fill ' Michael Angelo with" «n>yf ■
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Thames Star, Issue 10422, 15 May 1909, Page 5 (Supplement)
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