A Most Sweet Sleep: 
A Compendium of 19th Century Perspectives on Sleep, Rest and Dreams

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Discover the hidden realms of slumber in this new compilation, which weaves together a tapestry of 19th-century essays, medical treatises, poetry, and works of art, all centered around the subject of sleep. Every piece in "A Most Sweet Sleep" presents a different angle on the ageless human experience of sleep and dreams. Physicians' observations and scientists' theories come alive in these pages. Learn about the emergence of sleep medicine, the causes of sleep disorders, and the pursuit of the answers to peaceful sleep. Explore also the verses of poets and the intellectual musings of renowned thinkers as they grapple with the enigma of sleep in essays that delve into the physiological, psychological, and metaphysical aspects of our nightly voyages. Whether you're a scholar, a history enthusiast, or simply fascinated by the science and art of sleep, this book promises to enlighten, inspire, and transport you to a world where nightfall ignites the imagination.

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A Most Sweet Sleep
A Compendium of 19th-Century Perspectives on Sleep, Rest and Dreams

Published The Museum of Sleep, 2024
Edited by Dwight Swanson & Jennifer Accardo
203 pages. 6”x9”

CONTENTS

How to Sleep
Hall’s Journal of Health. Feb. 1854. Vol. 1, No. 2. Pages 43-45.
Anonymous

How to Get Up Early
Hall’s Journal of Health. Apr. 1854. Vol. 1, No. 4. Page 88.
Anonymous

Don’t Sleep Well
Hall’s Journal of Health. Oct. 1855. Vol. 2, No. 10. Page 241.
Anonymous

Position in Sleep
Hall’s Journal of Health. Feb. 1857. Vol. 4, No. 2. Pages 45-46.
Anonymous

How to Sleep Well
Hall’s Journal of Health. March 1871. Vol. 18, No. 3. Pages 49-51.
Anonymous

Necessary Rules of Sleep
Hall’s Journal of Health. Apr. 1888. Vol. 35, No. 4. Page 82.
Dr. Forbes Winslow

The Value of Sleep for Women
Hall’s Journal of Health. April 1891. Vol. 38, No. 4. Pages 83-84.
Anonymous

Necessity of Natural Sleep
Hall’s Journal of Health. May 1891. Vol. 38, No. 5. Pages 105-106.
Anonymous

Of Sleep; Its Utility, Causes, Its Varieties, Perturbances, Defect, Excess; of Their Irregularities, and of the Rationale, and Cause of Dreams; Translated from Dr. Gregory’s Conspectus Medicinœ
The Medical and Physical Journal. October 1810. Vol. 24, No. 140. Pages 279-285.
James Gregory

The Influence of Sleep over Disease
The Dental Register. June 1862. Vol. 16, No. 6. Pages 285-286.
Anonymous

Case Of Prolonged and Profound Sleep, Occurring at Intervals During Twenty Years
The British Medical Journal. June 13, 1863. Vol. 1, No. 128. Page 616.
W. G. Gimson

Sleep as a Poison
The Dental Register. Feb. 1870. Vol. 24, No. 2. Pages 103-105.
Anonymous

Cure for Sleep-Walking
The Dental Register. Oct. 1872. Vol. 26, No. 10. Page 417.
Anonymous

Sleep
The College Courant, Feb. 8, 1873. Vol. 12, No. 6. Pages 67-68.
Anonymous

Forced Sleep
The British Medical Journal. Feb. 3, 1877. Vol. 1, No. 840. Page 144.
Anonymous

Sending Plants to Sleep
Buffalo Medical and Surgical Journal. Mar. 1877. Vol. 16, No. 5-8. Page 190.
Anonymous
Activity of the Mind During Sleep

Science. Oct. 16, 1885. Vol. 6, No. 141. Page 344.
Louis Agassiz

Sleep and Sleeplessness
The Hospital (London). Apr. 9, 1887. Vol. 2, No. 28. Pages 17-18.
Anonymous

Treatment by Sleep and Suggestion
The Hospital (London). March 23, 1889. Vol. 5, No. 130. Pages 391-392.
Anonymous

The Pathology of Sleep
The Journal of Psychological Medicine and Mental Pathology. Jan. 1852. Vol. 5, No. 17. Pages 67-81.
Anonymous

On Some of the Phenomena of Sleep and Dream
Psychological Society of Great Britain
Longman and Co., London, 1875
Edward W. Cox

Does the Mind Ever Sleep?
The Journal of Speculative Philosophy. Jan. 1877. Vol. 11, No. 1. Pages 72-78.
E. M. Chesley

Swedenborg’s Views on the Question: Does the Mind Sleep?
The Journal of Speculative Philosophy. April, 1877. Vol. 11, No. 2. Pages 203-209.
B. G. Child

Sleep and Somnambulism
Science. Jun. 4, 1881. Vol. 2, No. 49. Pages 258-262.
Paul-Marie-Léon Regnard

Sleep and its Disorders
Pt. 1: The Hospital (London). Nov. 30, 1895. Vol. 19, No. 479. Pages 147-148.
Pt. 2:  The Hospital (London). Jan. 18, 1896. Vol. 19, No. 486. Pages 265-266.
Tom R. Taylor

A New Method of Inviting Sleep
The Southern Medical Record. Oct. 1897. Vol. 27, No. 10. Pages 509-511.
John Barr Learned

Directions for the Management of Sleep
The Dublin Penny Journal. Nov. 30, 1833. Vol. 2, No. 74. Page 171.
Anonymous

The Times for Sleep and Study
The R. I. Schoolmaster. July 1856. Vol. 2, No. 5. p. 150
Published by Sage Publications, Inc.
Anonymous

Imagination During Sleep
The Massachusetts Teacher and Journal of Home and School Education. May 1857. Vol. 10, No. 5. Page 233.
Anonymous

Sleep a Few Moments
The Massachusetts Teacher. Nov. 1864. Vol. 17, No. 11. Pages 365-366.
Anonymous [“G.”]

Sleep
The Aldine Press. July 1869. Vol. 2, No. 7. Page 60.
Anonymous

How to Sleep
Bistoury. Apr. 1873. Vol. 9, No. 1. Page 134.
Anonymous

Supper and Sleep
The Hospital (London). Oct. 8, 1887. Vol. 3, No. 54. Pages 21-22.
Anonymous

Midnight Oil or Midnight Sleep?
The Hospital (London). Sept. 19, 1891. Vol. 10, No. 260. Pages 287-288.
Anonymous

Brain Rest and Sleep
Dental Register. June 1892. Vol. 46. No. 6. Pages 296-297.
Anonymous

The Sleeping Habit
Dental Register. Mar. 1893. Vol. 47, No. 3. Page 129.
Anonymous

Recuperating Effect of Sleep
Dental Register. Feb. 1898. Vol. 52, No. 2. Page 75.
Anonymous

How to Induce Sleep
Texas Medical Journal (Austin). Sept. 1898. Vol 14, No. 3. Pages 138-139.
Anonymous

Rest and Sleep
Medical Brief. 1899. Vol. 27. Pages 692-693.
J. Cam Anderson

Poems

To Sleep
Walter Savage Landor

Nocturne
Gerald Griffin

Child’s Evening Hymn
Sabine Baring-Gould

Bedtime
Francis Robert St Clair-Erskine, Earl of Rosslyn

Sea Slumber-Song
Roden Berkeley Wriothesley Noel

Half-Waking
William Allingham

Fragment of a Sleep-Song
Sydney Dobell

Day Is Dead
Augusta Webster

Rock Me to Sleep
Elizabeth Akers Allen

Night after Night
Gertrude Bloede

To Sleep
Maybury Fleming

Sleep
Alice Brown

In Sleep
Richard Burton

Insomnia
Francis Robert St Clair Erskine, Earl of Rosslyn

Sleep [The Dublin Penny Journal]
Anonymous

Sleep
Mrs. R. S. Nichols

Serenade
Mary Weston Fordham
 

 

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