SLEEPLESSNESS.

New Zealand Graphic, Volume XIX, Issue IX, 21 August 1897, Page 284

SLEEPLESSNESS.

I HAVE written (says Gordon Stables) several paragraphs, before now on sleeplessness, but so prevalent is the complaint, that whenever I have anything iu the least degree new, I mean to mention it. Here, then, are a few brief but useful memos ; — 1. The insomniast cannot be too particular in obeying all the laws of health; he should be all the time in the open air, take moderate, not hard, exercise, and live rather abstemiously. Nutritive and not bulky food, and not a deal of flesh. 2. He must avoid constipation ; it heats the head and prevents sleep. 3. He should sleep in a well ventilated room with the window a bib open. 4. No more bedclotbing than suffices for warmth, and not a bed he shall sink into. 5. The pillows should be soft and nice, and high or low as seems to suit best. 6 No exciting talk for two hours before going to bed. 7. He should disabuse his mind of anything likely to worry or to make him think. 8. Attend to the feet, even the point of a corn may wake one too soon, and one won’t be able to drop off again. 9. A warm bath occasionally at night, the cold tub every morning, bathing tbe feet every night in het water. Attention to these simple rules may bring relief without medicine.