How to Cure Insomnia

1597

“Pluck up Lettuce with thy left hand before the sun rising, and lay it vnder the couering of a sicke mans bedde, (hee not knowing thereof) to cause him to sleepe; or gather fiue, three, or one of the leaues next the stalke, and lay them vnder his feete, and as many next to the toppe vnder his boulster, hee not knowing of it, to cause him to sleepe.”

William Langham, The Garden of Health

The patient will be so happy to get some sleep! And so perplexed to discover that he has been sharing his bed with a salad.