Professor Patrick's Experiments
Professor Patrick, of the State University of Iowa, conducted some ofthese experiments. He caused three young men to remain awake for foursuccessive days and nights. They were then allowed to go to sleep, thepurpose of the experiment being to determine just how much time Naturerequired to recuperate from the long vigil. They were allowed to sleepthemselves out, and all woke up thoroughly rested. Yet the one whoslept the longest slept only one third longer than his customarynight's sleep.
You have doubtless had the same experience yourself many times. It allgoes to show that if we are awake four times as long as usual, we donot make up for it by sleeping four times as long , but four times as soundly , as customary. The hard working mechanic requires no morehours of sleep than the corner loafer, the active man of affairs nomore than the dawdler.
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