SECT. XCIX.—ON SOMNOLENCY.
If, on the other hand, the sleep be profound and heavy, we must abstain from frequent baths and cooling unguents; we must use masticatories, and upon the whole change the regimen for one of a hotter, drier, and less nutritive character, because the affection is occasioned by a cold and humid matter irrigating the brain.
Commentary. See the Commentary on the Sections on [Lethargy] and [Carus] in Book Third.