Sleep, its physiology, pathology, hygiene, and psychology / by Marie de Manacéïne.

  • Manaseina, Mar'ia Mikhaĭlovna, -1903.
Date:
1897
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Credit: Sleep, its physiology, pathology, hygiene, and psychology / by Marie de Manacéïne. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    CHAPTER III. the hygiene of sleep. How much Sleep is necessary?—Lowering of the Body Tempera- ^ ture under the Influence ingan increase oj Sleep in Old Age-The Eflet of Habi^ steel)—The injurious Effects of Excessive Sleep—Tempor ary^Albuminuria caused by Prolonged Sleep-Nocturnal piralysis-The Conditions favourable to the of AncEmia-Infants at the breast should not long—Methods of combating the excessive Tendency to Sl^p —Methods of combating the Tendency to Insomnia H Baths—The Application of Cold Water to the hlead Supper—Injurious Effects of burdening Influence of Light-The Effects of ness is feared—The Temperature of the Bedrooni—The Effects of Impure Air—The Position of the Bop during Sleep—The Hour for Pising—Ventilation and Sunlight— The Habit of Breathing through the Mouth—Sudden pans in Sleep—Dreams of falling or flying—Meep during Illness—The Sleep of Consumptives—Sleep in Cardiac Affections—The Influence of Tobacco—1 he Hypnagogic State. Since we devote so much of our life to sleep, it is natural to ask how, and how long, we ought to sleep. Amount of Time to he devdtedto Sleep. Usually the amount of sleep is in an inverse ratio to the strength and development of consciousness; thus children need more sleep than adults, since the development of con- sciousness is moving more or less parallel with increase of age. In infants at the breast consciousness is^ so feebly developed that a very brief period of waking