Sleep, or, The hygiene of the night / by W.W. Hall.

  • William Whitty Hall
Date:
1870
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Credit: Sleep, or, The hygiene of the night / by W.W. Hall. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    and perverting every thing said and done. If such a person, or exceedingly atfectionate parent, or other relative, becomes actually deranged, the life of the child is sought, or of the kindred most loved. It is thus that mothers are not unfrequently known to murder their own children, the infants of their bosom. If a man loves to eat over-much, the imperfect, the bad blood excites the stomach to inordinate appe- tites. The man is never satisfied ; he is always eat- ing, always hungry, can not wait for his meals with any kind of comfort or patience—hence eats when- ever he is hungry, giving the stomach no time for rest; thus it is over-worked and the main difficulty is increased. It is precisely so with the great propensity of our nature. The nervous energies are sent out through proper or improper indulgences; the imperfect blood of dyspepsia, or bad blood from whatever cause, goes to the parts in excess, and has one of two effects : it affords no nourishment, or excessive; desire dies, or is morbidly great. The first step is rest; the second, to supply a pure blood, which is best done in im- proving the general health by perfect cleanliness, regular daily bodily habits, regular eating thrice a day, feet always dry and warm, sleeping in a cool, well-ventilated apartment, sleeping only seven hours, being in bed only seven hours of the twenty-four, and that all at the same time — seven consecutive hours spent in sleep, so as to insure its soundness In addition to these, and without which the others can not be expected to be efficient, the nervous influ- ences must be sent out of the body through another set of channels; must be expended in physical exer- cises, steady, hard, remunerative work, calling into requisition, the while, all that force of will which can
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