At Stanford, Dr William Dement created the world’s first successful sleep clinic and taught a popular class on sleep and dreams, reports The New York Times, adding that If he caught a student dozing, he’d wake him with a water gun.
Dr. Dement spent his working life as a popular professor in the department of psychiatry at Stanford University, where he started what is believed to be the world’s first successful sleep disorders clinic. He taught a class on sleep and dreams that drew as many as 1,200 students.
When he awakened dozing students with spritzes from a water gun, Dr. Dement gave them extra credit if they recovered and shouted, “Drowsiness is red alert!” — his rallying cry to make sleep deprivation a public health priority.
nytimes.com
Hi Folks,
This article is very timely. I had sleep problems for 18 years but finally beat them.
In the process I learned a great deal about causes of sleep problems that I had never
before seen referenced.
I became a nutritionist as a result of my experience and I specialize in sleep problems.
Cheers,
Rick Tufts, CNP
Toronto, Canada