Rensselaer Union, Volume 1, Number 12, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 December 1868 — Position in Sleep. [ARTICLE]

Position in Sleep.

Hall’s of “k k better to g»«o stof 4*4 right side fee then the *tonU4(h hi very much ia the positiousoVV Lot; tie turnsd upside down, and UmL contents of it arc aided to passing by gravitation. If <M»e |**» *♦ on the left side the operation of emptying the stomach of its content* is more like drawing watar from a well. After going to sleep lit thtf body take its position. If. you sleep.* • On your bsck, especially after » hearty meal, the weight of the dl* gestive organs, and that of the food, resting on the great veto of tb* body, nfcor its backbone, compree*, ses it, and arrests tbs flow of blood more or Ls the arrest ia par*, tial the sleep is disturbed, aud these are unpleasant ,dreams. If the, meal has been rcoottl and hearty, the arrest is more decilftdruiid various sensations) inch as foiling over a precipice*, or the pursuit ot a wild beast, or impending dangers, and the desperate effort to get rid . of it, arouses us, and sends OB" thestagnating blood; and we wake in a fright, or trembling, or in a perspiration, or feeling exhausted, according to the degree of stagnation, and the length and strength of the, efforts made to escape the danger. But when we are unable to escapethe danger—when Wc do fall over, the precipice, whefi the trembling building crushes tis —what then? That is death! That is the death of those of whom it is said, when found lifeless in the morning, they were as well as ever they Wefe the day before;’ and often it ia ad* ded, ‘and cat heartier than «•** mon.’ This last, as a frequent cause of death those that have gone tA« bed to wake no more, we givu merely asa privfltc opinion. The possibility of its truth is enough to. deter any rational—man irons 4 hearty meal. This we do kne# with certainty, that waking up 111 the night with a painful or a choiera, or bilious cholic, end-, ing in death in a very short- time, is probably traceable to alfte large,* meal. The truly Wise ♦Hll take the safe side. For persohs who eds. three times a day it is amply sulflr cient to make the last meal of cold bread and butter, aud a cup of some warm drink. No one can starve on., it, while aperseverence soon beget*/ a vigorous appetite for breakfast, so promising a day of comfort,”