CONCERNING SLEEP AND ITS DISORDERS IN THE HEALTHY AND THE SICK AND IN THOSE POISONED WITH DRUGS
By the suggestion of wakefulness or by hypnosis, a sensation of weariness can be induced which will cause sleep quite regardless of the actual sensation of fatigue; further, under hypnosis the dose of a sleep-producing medicine can be greatly reduced, and under certain conditions, the “Hypnotic Force of Suggestion” is used instead of narcotic drugs, with complete success in cases of surgical operations.