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
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This little book, like my bookon Christian Science whichappeared a year ago, is the evolutionof a pamphlet.
The first half of the pamphletwas written in the middle of asleepless night some years ago.The last half was written abouttwo years ago, after I had foundrelief by auto-suggestion from thelifelong bondage of insomnia andvihad thereby doubled my capacityboth for work and play.
First published in the spring of1907 as my weekly message underthe heading of “The Parson’sOutlook” to the 5000 readers ofThe Hampshire Gazette in andabout Northampton, the articleon sleeplessness was republishedby request in the same paper somemonths later; then, as the demandincreased for it, in pamphlet form.This year past it has been usedin the Emmanuel Clinic, both inBoston and Northampton, withsuch gratifying results that morethan 300 sufferers from insomniaviiin one part of the country oranother have testified by letteror by word of mouth to thebenefit they have received fromit.
At the suggestion of the Rev.Elwood Worcester, Ph.D., D.D.,two magazine editors, and twopublishing houses, the pamphletis now enlarged into a book withthe earnest hope that the suggestionsit contains may be ofservice to many whom the pamphlet,privately printed and gratuitouslydistributed, could notreach at all.
There are books enough, perviiihaps,on the theory of sleep. Thevolume by Marie de Manaceïneon Sleep—Its Physiology, Pathology,Hygiene, and Psychologywill surely long remain the standardwork. Dr. Upson’s Insomniaand Nerve Strain is based on theauthor’s discovery of the vaso-neuralcircuit and will not beneglected by those who wish tounderstand certain physical obstaclesto sleep which have hithertobeen largely overlooked. Religionand Medicine, the officialbook of the Emmanuel Movement,is indispensable to any knowledgeof the drugless cure of sleeplessnessixand other nervous functional disorders.And the writings of Dr.