Sleeping Comfortably
(CAMERAS which .snapped. a picture every time a sleeper made an appreciable move were used recently in experiments, to find the most restful positions for the average. slumberer. The ‘cameras were operated by elec-tro-magnets: connected to the bed springs. The photographs disprove the theories that greatest camfort is attained with the.spinail column straight, because the average sleeper on an average: night was found to change his position about every seven minutes. Seme of the postures were both unnatural and. uncomfortable, yet they did not affect the slumber. The more eobmmon positions assumed by the sleepers have been named the "swimming sprawl," the "kitten coil," the "kitten coil reverse," and the "cuddle.
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Radio Record, Volume III, Issue 54, 25 July 1930, Page 37
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113Sleeping Comfortably Radio Record, Volume III, Issue 54, 25 July 1930, Page 37
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