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AMERICAN BEAUTY Joyce Bryan, 20, of Miami, Fla., has
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Pageant at Long Beach, Calif. The shapely beauty will com
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The Medical Roundup
Bmrii ConiulUnt in Medicm
Mayo Clinic
fcmafflua Profeiior of Madlclna
Mayo Clinic
(RaguMr and Trlbuna Syndicate.
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It is remarkable that with
all the studies that have been
made on sleep we know so
little about
what actually
takes place in
the brain
when a per
son drowses
off. As an cx
pert has re
cently said
the wonder is
J n o t that we
Alvarn go io Sleep,
but that we ever wake up! As
one might guess, sleeping is a
far less complicated process
man staying awake. Actually,
sleep Is the daytime natural
condition of nocturnal ani
mals-like cats, and it is the
condition of the human fetus
in his mother's womb.
In adults, there is a decided
difference between the wak
ing and the sleeping electro
encephalograms, while in prematurely-born
infants there
Is no difference. As we all
know, the new-born infant
sleeps most of the time.
Experts tell us that they
suspect that the human need
for sleep diminishes with age.
Different people claim to re
quire different amounts of
sleep. I sometimes doubt this
when I see that a young per
son who loves to stay up till
one or two in the morning,
soon gets what looks like a
"sleep deficit." He Is like a
man who, after overdrawing
for a week on his bank ac
count has to pay back what
he owes. Certainly, when
Sunday comes, many a "night-
hawk" youngster sleeps most
of the day, and "catches up."
It used to be said that the
famous Thomas A. Edison
needed only four hours at
night; but men who watched
him in his laboratory said
that he took several "cat
naps." Dr. Will Mayo used to
say he could sleep only four
hours a night, but he got
much help from one nap, and
sometimes two, taken during
the day. i , ?
Interestingly, experts tell
me that while there are brain
injuries which can cause the
victim to sleep for a day or
even weeks or months or
years, there is no lesion that
will keep him awake for aim
liar periods of time.
Cause Awakeness
There are drugs, of cour se
ttle commonest of which is
coffee-which if taken at sup
per time, will keep some of
us awake. A benzedrine type
of drug must not be taken in
the afternoon because it can
cause the person to stay
awake at night. As we all
know, when at a meeting we
have to listen to a speaker
who is droning along, we are
likely to get sleepy.
Some people driving in a
car along a level and fairly
straight road may seem to
hypnotize themselves, or the
monotony may cause them to
i fall asleep at the wheel. Suf
ferers from insomnia try to
create monotony by counting
the breaths they take, or they
count imaginary sheep.
Curiously, when we are
asleep and hear a sound, per
hapi with the lower part of
our brain, we seem to refer
. the matter to the upper pert
Of our brain. If that part says
"Mo, that jwas Just your wife
having a night-mare in her
bed," we do not wake up; but
if the upper part of the brain
says, "That could be a bur
glar coming through your
window," we wake up.
The stomach specialist is
particularly interested to
know that when the normal
man goes to sleep, his stom
ach quiets down and stops se
creting acid. The tense man's
stomach is likely to go on pro
ducing acid, and this proba
bly helps to keep an ulcer
open and active. This Is why
I tell my my ulcer patients
that if they can stop worrying
and getting tense their ulcer
will heal, and will quickly
stop hurting. A wise thing for
an ulcer patient to do Is to set
his alarm for 12 midnight, so
that he can wake and take
a glass of milk to unite with
the excess of gastric acid that
is in his stomach.
Men like Prof. Nathaniel
Kleitman of Chicago, when
they have taken motion pic
tures of sleeping persons,
have found that many of them
umn around, and roll over
every so often, without wak
ing up. Children who walk in
their sleep usually belong to
highly nervous families. All
people who Jump about in
their sleep or who go sleep
walking should have electro
encephalograms made to see
if they have a mild variant ot
epilepsy without seizures.
Interesting Dls.as
Narcolepsy is an interesting
disease which can cause the
person much embarrassment.
remember a banker who
used to fall asleep at a board
meeting. In spite of every ef
fort he made to stay awake.
Such a person should have
electroencephalograms made.
With the help of drugs one
can keep a highly nervous'
person asleep for quite a few
days or even a week, and this
can sometimes save the per
son from going into a nervous
breakdown.
A barbiturate, when tuken
perhaps at 10 o'clock-may
give good sleep until 2 or 3
or 4 o'clock, when the person
wakes. It then he or she can
not get back to sleep again,
perhaps half (lie dose of the
drug taken at bed-time- or a
full dose of a weaker drug
with a "short action" should
be taken.
. Peace of mind probably is
the main factor in Hie treat
ment of ulcers-and will keep
the acid from flowing while
a man sleeps. Dr. Alvarez dis
cusses this in his little booklet
on ulcers which you may ob
tain by sending 25 cents and a
stamped, self-addressed envp
lope with your request tor it
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Mnines 4, Iowa.
Westerberg Reelected
By Oregon Beef Council
Portland -IUPD - Richard
Westerberg, Ashland, was re
elected chairman of the Ore
gon Beef Council during a
meeting of the group here.
Other reelected officers In
cluded Richard Rathbun of
Joseph, vice chairman, and
Harry Steams of Prineville,
secretary-treasurer. V
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