Democratic Sentinel, Volume 22, Number 27, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 July 1898 — Sleep After Eating. [ARTICLE]

Sleep After Eating.

A derivation of blood from the brain to the Stomach takes place when-the functions of the brain are partly suspended by sleep. By so doing the brain gains new strength, and meanwhile digestion proceeds energetically, and soon both body and mind are refreshed and energized. The lower animals always sleep after eating a full medl If given the chance to do So, and the human being governed, hyjhe same physiological -law. - Yhw Stomach, stimulated by its contents of a good, dinner, strives to carry on its marvelous chemistry of digestion, and demands an ample supply olj tyood for the purpose, and obtains it iq greater quantities when the person sleeps. Among the dyspeptics, or those inclined to dyspepsia and indigestion, this knowledge of the demands of the stomach afjer a good ‘meal htid 'practice of sleeping afterward- should prove to them one of the remedial measures for relief.— ‘‘How to Live Longer,” by Dr. Hayes.