Sphagnum also been used to preserve food. Up to 2000-year-old containers of butter or lard have been found. "Sphagnum" moss has also been used for centuries as a dressing for wounds, including through World War I. Since it is absorptive and extremely acidic, it inhibits growth of bacteria and fungi, so it is used for shipping seeds and live plants. Peat moss is used to dispose of the clarified liquid output (effluent) from septic tanks in areas that lack the proper conditions for ordinary disposal means. It is also used as an environmentally friendly alternative to chlorine in swimming pool sanitation.
The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters Miller novel "Pure", as well as the 2017 album by Swedish metal band Meshuggah, entitled "The Violent Sleep of Reason." Also the names of Finnish occult metal band Sleep of Monsters and their first album, "Produces Reason" derive from the name of the title. Occasionally the title phrase is rendered as "The dream of reason produces monsters", since the Spanish word "sueño" can mean either "sleep" or "dream". However, Goya's epigraph makes it clear that his intended interpretation is "the sleep of reason". The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters __notoc__ The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters () is an etching