Don’t Jump Out of Bed—and Why.

New Zealand Graphic, Volume XXXII, Issue II, 9 January 1904, Page 62

Don’t Jump Out of Bed—and Why.

Among the many instructive articles in Hie current number of “Medical Talk” the following solemn scientific advice is interesting to read: Don’t jump up the first thing your eyes are open. Remember, that while you sleep the vital organs are at rest. The vitality is lowered, and the circulation not so strong. A sudden spring out of bed is a shock to these organs, especially to the heart, as it starts to pumping the blood suddenly. lake your time in getting up. Yawn and stretch. Wake up slowly. Give the. vital organs a chance to resume their work gradually. Notice how a baby wakes up. It stretches its arms and legs, rubs its eyes and yawns, and wakes up slowly. Watch a kitten wake up. First it stretches out one leg, then another, rubs its face, rolls over, and stretches the whole body. The birds do not wake up and fly as soon as their eyes are open; they shake out their wings and stretch their legs—waking up slowly. This is the natural way to wake up. Don’t jump up suddenly. Don’t be in such a hurrj . But stretch -nd yawn and yawn and stretch. Stretch t ie arms and the legs, stretch the whole bod -r , good vawn and stretch is better even that a cold bath. It will get you thoroughly awaae, and then you will enjoy the bath all the more. Wake up like the baby, like the kitten. Stretch every muscle in your body. Roll over and yawn and stretch, and stretch and yawn, and you will get up

feeling wide awake, and the heart and the lungs and the stomach will resu***their work without shock or jar, and the bodily functions start oil in a nor ma I. healthful manner.