Devices for Inducing Sleep.

Huntly Press and District Gazette, Volume 3, Issue 6, 13 February 1914, Page 3

Devices for Inducing Sleep.

Many devices have been sugg ?sted as means of procuring sleep for tiiose who, apparently | healthy and free from strain of any kind, are yet unable to command it. As a rnl s (s ays Dr G u thrie .Rankin in tho “ Hospital”), but one to which there are many exceptions, those who wish to sleep soundly should ccasi hard work for an hour or more before going to bed. Other conditions being favourable, it is said that if you think of nothing you will sleep; but it is difficult for most men completely to control thought by an effort of tho will. The drowsy effect of monotony is a well-known. sedative, the enumeration of figures, the falling of rain, the lap of the sea on a shingly beach, the droning v nice of an uuin te re s ting an d prosy reader, aro examples familiar to us all. On this principle it has been suggested that sleep* may be indueec! by ana rrangernent in the bedroom whereby drops of water are allowed to fall at regular intervals into a resonant vessel; but this and all other ingenious c mtrivances are for the most part useful just for so long as they are novel, and apply. to the individual only. Similarly, it has been urged that the system of tiling the eyes by directing them to a small beam of light placed in front and slightly above their level is an inducement to sleep. This again, is a recommendation of individual application, and borders on. the larger question of hypnotism. Wek no w War uer’s It• mt-p roo f Corsets to be thoroughly reliable as regards shape, comfort and service—in fact we are prepared to guarantee every pair not to rust, break or tear —Advt.