What Sleep Will Cure.

Cromwell Argus, Volume III, Issue 140, 16 July 1872, Page 7

What Sleep Will Cure.

The cry for rest has always been louder than the cry fur food. Not that it is mure important, but that it is harder to get. The best rest comes from sound sleep. Of two men or women, otherwise equal, the one who sleeps best will be the most moral, healthy, and efficient. Sleep will do much to cure irritability of temper, peevishness, uneasiness. It will cure insanity. It will build up and make strong a weary body. It will do much to cure dyspepsia, particularly that variety known as nervous dyspepsia. It will cure hypochondria. It will cure headache. It will cure neuralgia. It will cure a broken spirit. It will cure sorrow. Indeed wo might make a long list of nervous maladies that it will cure. The cure of sleeplessness, however, is not so easy, particularly in those who carry grave responsibilities. The habit of sleeping well is one which, if broken up for any length of time, is not easily regained. Often a severe illness treated by powerful drugs, deranges the nervous system so that sleep is never sweet after. Or perhaps long continued watchfulness produces the same effect; or hard study, or too much exercise of the muscular system, or tea and whisky drinking, and tobacco using. To break up the habit are required : 1. A good clean bed. 2. Sufficient exercise to produce weariness and pleasant occupation. 3. Good pure air, and not too warm a room. 4. Freedom from too much care. 5. A clean stomach. (I. A clear conscience. 7. A voidance of stimulants or narcotics.