Note 9 — THE REMOVAL OF ALL PHYSICAL CAUSES

As the proof comes, the patient in question writes me that his insomnia was of the fitful type. He had so much trouble in going to sleep promptly that he formed the habit of sitting up late and inducing the sleep mood by reading. Since his treatment ended, he writes me (Sept. 12th), “This summer I have retired at nine o’clock with few exceptions, gone to sleep immediately, and risen at half past six in the morning thoroughly refreshed.”