Sleep and SleeplessnessBogue, 1879 - 90 pages |
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... important function are directly influenced by the activity of the part , so that when the organ is inactive the supply is reduced . The tissues are endowed with a power of taking up from the blood just what they require , allowing the ...
... important function are directly influenced by the activity of the part , so that when the organ is inactive the supply is reduced . The tissues are endowed with a power of taking up from the blood just what they require , allowing the ...
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... important elements of the food being the last to become soluble . Food must be elaborated in the organs of digestion before it can enrich the blood , whereas we know the tendency to sleep which follows upon a meal is strongest ...
... important elements of the food being the last to become soluble . Food must be elaborated in the organs of digestion before it can enrich the blood , whereas we know the tendency to sleep which follows upon a meal is strongest ...
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... important to recognise this point , as it has a practical bearing upon the estimate we should form of sleep , the sort of sleep with which we ought to be satisfied , the steps that should be taken to prepare for it , and the mistakes ...
... important to recognise this point , as it has a practical bearing upon the estimate we should form of sleep , the sort of sleep with which we ought to be satisfied , the steps that should be taken to prepare for it , and the mistakes ...
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... important to recognise this point , as it has a practical bearing upon the estimate we should form of sleep , the sort of sleep with which we ought to be satisfied , the steps that should be taken to prepare for it , and the mistakes ...
... important to recognise this point , as it has a practical bearing upon the estimate we should form of sleep , the sort of sleep with which we ought to be satisfied , the steps that should be taken to prepare for it , and the mistakes ...
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... important consideration is one of results . That may be per- fectly true as a general , though most unsatis- factory and scarcely intelligent , record of ex- periences ; but science and , I venture to think , common sense also asks for ...
... important consideration is one of results . That may be per- fectly true as a general , though most unsatis- factory and scarcely intelligent , record of ex- periences ; but science and , I venture to think , common sense also asks for ...
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30 Coloured Plates awake BIRDS blood body BOTANY brain BRITISH BRITISH BIRDS cause of sleeplessness causes of sleep cerebral centres chloroform cloth extra cloth gilt Coloured Figures commonly condition conduce to sleep consciousness Crown 8vo DAVID BOGUE Demy 8vo disease disorderly distress disturbance dozing dreams drugs established excitement exhaustion fatigue Fcap FERNS Figures of Eighty going to sleep habit of sleeping Health Primers inaction induced irritation J. E. TAYLOR labour Larvæ Lecture light sleepers Martin's Place MIND TROUBLES morbid morocco muscular system NATURAL HISTORY natural sleep nerve centres nervous system night numerous Illustrations nutrition oxygen pain perform persons practice prevent sleep produce quiescence R. A. PROCTOR recognised reduced price remedy repose rest Royal 16mo Second Edition sense-organs sleeper sleeper awakes Species stomach sub-consciousness super-royal 8vo supply sympathetic system symptoms thought tion tissues TRAFALGAR SQUARE variety vessels visceral viscus Vols Volumes waking weariness Woodcuts worry
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