Insomnia *Communicated to the Bristol, Bath, and Somerset Branch of the British Medical Association on 27th April, 1932.
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people will, of course, readily admit of a reason for n?t sleeping, but it is only too common to hear people who ought to know better declaring that such and such an event is due to insomnia, and leaving it at that. I refer especially to suicide, which is so often attributed to insomnia, apparently to the satisfaction ?f coroners' juries and all others concerned. No doubt the symptom of insomnia may have accompanied the emotional state which led to suicide, and even intensified the trouble by the process of a vicious Clrcle, so that it was the last straw which tipped the balance towards self-destruction; but it would be Just as sensible to be satisfied with the statement that cough led to night sweats, and to neglect the Underlying tuberculous infection which is responsible for both of these symptoms. A further danger of this conception is that both patient and doctor are aU too apt to be satisfied if the symptom is treated and no attempt is made to go further. This leads t? a widespread exhibition of hypnotic drugs, with
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دوره 49 شماره
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تاریخ انتشار 2016