Nervous disorders, insomnia of, relieved with paraldehyde, 80 hypnotic treatment of, 229
Nervous irritation, effect of, on tissue change, 10 sedatives, 58, 59 stimulants, 58, 59 system, its control over the circulatory apparatus, 26
Neuralgia, cardiac, 99 treatment of, with alcohol, 77 treatment of, with belladonna, 69 treatment of, with preparations of valerian, 68
New Providence, climate of, beneficial in insomnia, 114
Night and day, alternation of, a cause of sleep, 17
North China Herald, criticism of Sir E. Hornby’s narrative, 155
Norway, difficulty of sleeping during the summer, 40
Nutrition, effect of sleep upon, 5, 9 disorders of, 52
Opiates, use of, in treatment of cachexias, 108 use of, in treatment of fever, 104, 105 use of, in treatment of gastric disease, 103 use of, in treatment of insanity, 96 use of, in treatment of renal diseases, 102 use of, in treatment of rheumatism, 105
Ozone, use of, in the treatment of asthma, 101
Pacific Islanders, habits of, regarding sleep in the daytime, 40 use of massage among, 61
Perception, effect of, upon nervous tissue, 10 duration of, necessary to arouse consciousness, 23 range of, circumscribed by sleep, 12 transfer of, in telepathy and hypnotism, 217
Perspiration, secretion of, during sleep, 9
Pettenkofer, experiments of, on oxidation in the tissues, 9 experiments of, on respiration in sleep, 6
Pettenkofer and Voit, on tissue changes, 10
Pflüger, hypothesis of, regarding the cause of sleep, 21
Phosphatic diathesis, a cause of insomnia, 72
Phthisis, cough of, relieved with lactucarium, 88 insomnia of, relieved with paraldehyde, 80 treatment of, with opiates, 87
Physiological activity, reduction of, during sleep, 5
Pneumogastric nerves, insomnia caused by affections of, 51
Psychical Research, Society for, investigations by, 149, 217
Quetelet, observations of, on respiration during sleep, 5
Reasoning powers, arrest of, during sleep, 3
Recollection of the events of artificial somnambulism, 227 of the events of natural somnambulism, 188
Relation between molecular movement and the generation of ideas, 24
Rheumatic diathesis, a cause of insomnia, 72
Rosenthal, observations of, regarding lethargy, 33, 34 observations regarding apparent death, 35