ep during the day, too much excitement (movies or receptions),
intestinal indigestion which is associated with accumulation of gas,
and constipation--any or all of these are causes of sleeplessness.
Some peculiarly nervous children--those with an hereditary strain of
nervousness--are easily upset or disturbed by any of the conditions
above mentioned.

The treatment of insomnia consists, first, in finding the cause and
removing it. Children with a nervous tendency should be let alone as
nearly as possible, and just allowed to grow up as the little lambs
and calves grow up. They should be fed, watered, kept clean and dry,
and allowed to live their lives undisturbed and without excitement.

The medicinal remedies on the market for insomnia are all harmful if
used too long or in excess, and we most earnestly urge the mother not
to seek drug-store information concerning remedies for sleeplessness.
The neutral bath is beneficial in ninety per cent of these cases. It
is administered as follows: Enough water is allowed to run into the
bath tub to cover the child. The temperature should be 99 to 100 F. It
should be taken accurately--and should be maintained. Bath tub
thermometers may be purchased at any drug store. The restless child,
after the bowels have been freely moved, is placed in the water, and,
without whispering, talking, or laughing, he remains there for at
least twenty minutes, after which he is carefully lifted out, wrapped
in a sheet and very gently dried off with soothing strokes and placed
at once into his night clothes. As before said, ninety per cent of
restless children will go at once to sleep after such a treatment.

Another method of treating sleeplessness is by the wet-sheet pack.
Three single woolen blankets are placed on the bed and a sheet large
enough to wrap the child in is wrung from warm water, about 100 F. The
child is stripped and this sheet is brought in contact with every
portion of his body, quickly followed by bringing the flannel blankets
about him and he is allowed to remain there for twenty minutes--if he
does not fall asleep before the lapse of that time. With witch-hazel
or alcohol, the body is sponged off, night clothes are put on and a
restful night usually follows. If fresh air is lacking, open the
windows. If there is too much bedding, remove some of it. Talcum
powder the sweaty back and neck and make the child perfectly
comfortable. Give a small drink of water and turn out the ligh