DO YOU SLEEP ON YOUR RIGHT OR LEFT SIDE?

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 121, 19 June 1909, Page 3

DO YOU SLEEP ON YOUR RIGHT OR LEFT SIDE?

3 ADVICE OF SOME EMINENT DOCTORS. An old-time health law says that to s cop on your left side interferes with the action of the heart nnd is consequently injurious to henltili, while lying , on your back is liaJjle to develop the ■ fa '; lt , ?' f ? n °nng» thus rendering one- ' set objectionahle to 'any other occupant ' oi the room. ' There are medical men, however wilh different opinions. The well-known heart specialist, Dr. Hirchand, for instance, says: "I always sleep on my left side and 1 thinfc it is quite immaterial wbetber you sleep on your left or rHit sulc. live nlea, however, that those who cannot rl.e on the left side suffer from heart affection is quite erroneous " Oa the other hand, Dr. Lctulle.'of the !Zr '^l, 10 " 1 AMdom y. phaticallj .that one should aW s i ic ou hj« .right ado. and thus avoM ndL" tion and heart troubles. PARALYSIS OF THE ARM Amongst advocates of sleeping on the back are the well-know,, FrenA Arnivi medical inspector, Dr. Delorn.e, and Prolessor Debone and Dr. Dayanierc of the! School of Hygiene. Both the latter' point out that lying on either sile ' causes pressure of the' arm. whiel, m-'.v'l eventually Jjoing about paralysis a d-ni per which English doctors 'like '),• Forbes-Ross and Dr. Yorke-Davics "m pnrently do not consider very »n-it for they do not refer to it when '.»ivin» their views recently on the hist *»{,• ln"sleeii Says the former, "The best position i„ \ v. Inch to be when going to sleep is w il hout doubt „,, the right side. Equally ' be,,e,c,al l s,thehal.l,tJ,dop:tedb 1 ,t J ,dop:tedby 1 111 , people of lying partially on tile hick "•it'll be upper part of the ho.lr and head t.irn.,l over lo Ull( , ri M . nn the left side of (he 'body j s „i" .: ' Imrmfnl, fls i„ this' position the heart ! » more or Jess compressed and unable \ to .perform its work," WIUT SAXDOYY SAYS . Or. Yorkc-Davies is equally emphatic s m .his opinion that to lie ou the iwht side when m bed is the most eorre-t * and healthful position. "To lie ~, 'ie left side is bad," he says'. "The webdil 11 oi the liver-atays heavier at ni»ht- a presses on 'l.otli 111.,, heart and stomach R and especially impedes the action of the' " tonner.-'

Or. Landouzy, of t.ho French Medical says that the best positi™ ,„ »<• is he most comlortable position, •'lho„ l gh,tHweHtoaccustoinonesdt : o sleep «,n 1,0 ~gM side. To a certain lent the view that the most comfort»J'ie is the best position is borne out 'v -Mr- I'a.gcu iS„'i,do,w. "The position .ssu,„e,l du.nig sleep .must valv with :'■".' piy«:e>il condition of the sleeper,'' •)m,, f,,11101,s physical expert, •I hose suffering from heart trouble A"< -1 sleep „„ the right side. Veause '» t*at imsifiou they e.in obtain the f case and comfort. (),, the of her " to sleep ou lll.e left side ••I'l'l, g",."rallv ~„„aki„g. „„, ~.,,,t :''!' ""'»■■'»•» I" He on, as the heart i.-. then relieved from any pressure."