Nerve Waste Practical Information Concerning Nervous Impairment And Nervous Exh
Nerve Waste Practical Information Concerning Nervous Impairment And Nervous Exh
H C Herbert Carleton Sawyer
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A half-hour of light reading, or better yet music and cheerful conversa- tion, or a cigar, may so tranquilize the irritable brain- cells that sleep is possible. A patient who has tried all the common plans against sleeplessness informs me that a dozen or twenty deep inspirations are most effectual ; this rapid loading of the blood with an excess of oxygen acts as a gentle stimulus to the brain-cells and to the circulation. The practice of counting is sometimes effective by displacing other thou...ghts and by the soothing influence of the monot- onous impression. When simple plans do not succeed and sleeplessness becomes habitual the aid of the physician must be in- voked. Prolonged insomnia may lead to the gravest results ; it is sufficient of itself to produce not only com- plete nervous exhaustion, but even mania and other forms of true insanity. The careful physician of to-day only makes use of chloral and other dangerous drugs as a last resort. By means of hot bathing, the Turkish bath, massage, electricity, and a certain principle of pressure 64 REMEDIES over the great blood-vessels of the neck it is often possible to manage insomnia without the use of drugs.
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