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...headaches and insomnia about what to do with the German Army after the war is over? Just apportion it out among the various countries which have enjoyed its protecting influence, in direct proportion to the number of inhabitants of the several countries which Germany has used to aid her own war industries and for other purposes. They could be used on reconstruction programs, among other things, and with proper oversight and supervision, and without their arms...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Jan. 11, 1943 | 1/11/1943 | See Source »

...body chemistry, was first to isolate pure vitamin A in crystalline form (TIME, April 26, 1937). In an interview last fortnight he listed other recent uses for vitamin C: intravenous injection of one gram in solution for shock (another instance when blood histamine is high); in wound healing; for insomnia; in treating industrial workers exposed to toxic dusts. If people taking vitamin C by mouth are troubled by its acid reaction, he advises them to mix a little bicarbonate of soda with...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: C for Asthma | 12/14/1942 | See Source »

...some 40 years Old McDonald preached hard work and hellfire every Sunday, with little visible effect on Oklahoma. Though he claimed to have built more churches "spiritually and physically" than any other man in the State, what he had to show for his pains was penury and insomnia. ("Your mother doesn't care," he would complain, "if I die for lack of sleep. There she lies night after night dead to the world while I am going crazy with sleeplessness...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Salvation & Solvency | 4/6/1942 | See Source »

...Sleep Killer Ophuels, a cinema director in Germany before he fled that country, a clipping of TIME'S June 3, 1940 story, which told how he crooned advice to Hitler on overcoming insomnia, suggested he try counting the number of his victims. "You must have a tranquil conscience," crooned Max Ophuels. "Good night, Adolf Hitler...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Jan. 26, 1942 | 1/26/1942 | See Source »

...remarkable drug for holding down chronic symptoms is Bulgarian belladonna, steeped in white wine. (An American substitute is now available.) In many cases the drug relieves insomnia, helps build up strength, improves speech...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Encephalitis | 12/29/1941 | See Source »

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