The Art of Natural Sleep / With definite directions for the wholesome cure of sleeplessness: illustrated by cases treated in Northampton and elsewhere
Obvious typographical errors have been silently corrected.
By LYMAN P. POWELL
The Art of Natural Sleep
With Definite Directions for the Wholesome Cure of Sleeplessness. Illustrated by Cases from the Emanuel Clinics in Boston and Northampton
Christian Science
The Faith and Its Founder
WITH DEFINITE DIRECTIONS FOR THE WHOLESOME CURE OF SLEEPLESSNESS, ILLUSTRATED BY CASES TREATED IN NORTHAMPTON AND ELSEWHERE
BY LYMAN P. POWELL Rector of St. John’s Church, Northampton, Mass. Author of “Christian Science: Its Faith and Its Founder”; Editor of “Historic Towns of the United States”
G. P. PUTNAM’S SONS NEW YORK AND LONDON The Knickerbocker Press 1908
Copyright, 1908 BY LYMAN P. POWELL The Knickerbocker Press, New York
To MY WIFE WHO FIRST TAUGHT ME BY EXAMPLE THE MORAL VALUE OF SERENITY
This little book, like my book on Christian Science which appeared a year ago, is the evolution of a pamphlet.
Lyman P. Powell
Transcriber’s Notes
PREFACE
CONTENTS
OUR NATIONAL DISEASE
THEORIES OF SLEEP
WHAT SLEEP REALLY IS
THE NECESSITY OF SLEEP
INSOMNIA AND ITS CAUSES
THE VALUE OF DRUGS
THE REMOVAL OF ALL PHYSICAL CAUSES
GENERAL DIRECTIONS
SECONDARY AIDS TO SLEEP
DR. LEARNED’S PLAN
RELAXATION AND RHYTHMIC BREATHING
THE EMMANUEL METHOD
FAITH REQUIRED IN GOD AND MAN
THE SPECIFIC TREATMENT
SOME IMMEDIATE RESULTS
THE CO-OPERATION OF THE PATIENT
THE ULTIMATE EFFECT
ILLUSTRATIVE CASES
I. CURED BY SUGGESTION ALONE
2. CURED BY FAITH REINFORCED BY SUGGESTION
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