ELECTRIC CURRENT UTILISED.

Shannon News, 15 August 1924, Page 1

ELECTRIC CURRENT UTILISED.

Two medical men have let it he known that they are collaborating in an attempt to abolish sleep. The idea i<s not. new (the “Daily Telegraph" observes). Macbeth some time ago heard a voice cry, “Sleep no more? Macbeth does murder sleep.” The modern methods are, however, less violent than his, The, two doctors have found reason to hope that, the application, of “a direct electric current to the brain cells of a man who ig feeling sleepy will make him,, wake up. The human brain, they say, is to be considered as a storage battery; while it can supply electric energy to the rest of the organism we develop our normal horsepower without feelihg. sleepy. . .When its ( electricity is exhausted we feel tired. Therefore, ai« that is needed to abolish the necessity for sleep is to recharge the battery of the brain. This process, ittis believed, can be completed in a quarter of an hour. So the happy men of to-morrow will not go to bed of nights, they will merely sit down, apply “a direct elec-' trie current” to their brain cells and "start another day’s work. In the interests of public order we have concealed the names of the doctors who propose this future for humanity. But therg seems to be jthat. tljey, sincerely believe tliemselves working for our good, and expect our gratitude. Such an electrified existence as they offer us would, we are assured, add “17 waking years” to the duration of life of the average man. It is hardly worth while to point out that no one can tell how long a nightly electrified brain would be (of'any use to the owner. The average .> man would' rather live the life of Mr Wardle’s Fat * Boy than such a one as his.