Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 40, Number 40, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 January 1908 — Effect of Relaxation. [ARTICLE]

Effect of Relaxation.

Dr. Long Mayhelive Young of Chicago does not agree with us that sleeping on the front is good, says the New York Press. But he seems to be in his own mind an expert on relaxation. “In my opinion,” he says, “thfe want of relaxation is the principal cause of insomnia. To produce ♦relaxation we must first equalize the circulation of the blood. This is very often accomplished by sleeping with the knees up, which throws the blood Into the lumbar region. The position is rather tiresome (I should say so!) and on stretching out the legs equal!* zation and therefore relaxation takes place. For Insomnia supervening upon nervousness I would advise taking some good, long breaths. When due to want of control of the thinking apparatus eat three or four ginger snaps (ten cents a pound), which will warm up the stomach and transfer the nervous energy to the Bolar plexus, or stomach brain.”