William A Hammond: 3 books

Sleep disorders can be devastating to the health and well-being of those afflicted with them. In this nineteenth-century medical text from William A. Hammond, America's first neurologist, a range of topics pertaining to sleep are discussed, including sleepwalking, nightmares, and insomnia.

The human brain is more wonderful and delicate in its construction than any invention of man. No question is more difficult for a parent to decide than this: "When and how shall I begin to train the mind of my child?" This essay helps parents to appreciate the care that should properly be exercised in...

I shall begin with remarks on physical training, as it is first in natural order, the physical life beginning before the mental. In these days, when there is a great rage for education, a certain top-heaviness has been produced among children, and the good homely helpmate of the mind—the body—is...