The non-alcoholic home treatment of disease / by J. James Ridge.

  • Ridge, J. J. (John James), 1847-1908
Date:
[1880?]
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Credit: The non-alcoholic home treatment of disease / by J. James Ridge. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    morning, and often at other times also. When these are not due to the practice of using some “ pick-me-up or other, they are the result of indigestion. Many feel them for a short time after giving up the use of alcoholic liquors, and they may be compared to the sensation of cramp felt in the leg when the nerve has been pressed on and is “ coming to.” A sip of cold water or a mouthful of dry biscuit will often stave off this feeling, and it will soon cease to appear with proper perseverance in abstaining. When purely the result of indigestion, an antacid draught is often useful, such as a little Magnesia with aerated water or Fluid Magnesia, or a pinch of Bicarbo- nate of Soda, or Prescriptions I, II, III or IV. [See DYSPEPSIA.] SLEEPLESSNESS : The fortunate individuals who do not know the meaning of sleeplessness are but few. There are different degrees and kinds of sleeplessness as well as different causes. It must be remembered that sleep is a condition in which the higher centres, the willing, perceiving, and thinking part of the brain, lose for a time their activity or irritability, and no longer respond to the ordinary currents of nerve force, or messages, which are sent up to them from every part of the body. Waking occurs when there is some stimulus or irritation sufficiently strong to produce certain changes in the brain and arouse the sleeping centres into activity. If the brain is exhausted by overwork, or want