found · folded into a book by the bed
noem · surgery
dr. e. parr
no. 22 high street · hours: tue, thu, & on call
patient
a. corvin (occupant of the long lane)
age
— ·
date
— · IX · —
℞
for the want of sleep —
one candle, lit at the hour bell;
tea, weak; the kettle on low;
a book opened at random;
do not look at the clock until the candle is half.
repeat as needed; not in company.
— e. parr, m.d.
N · 14
dr. parr no longer practises. the prescription has been followed, in roughly that
order, on most nights since — the candle, then the
kettle, then the opened book.
sleep, when it comes, is small; when it does not, the
four a.m. hour is well attended.
see also ·
candle & matches ·
vigil ·
dream ·
ritual ·
sleeper