“Even a soul submerged in sleep is hard at work and helps make something of the world.” -- Heraclitus. Our dreamworld has been the subject of scientific scrutiny for a very long time. Like many other people, I've always wondered about my own dreams. Especially when they get wild and wooly, as can happen when illness forces me to take drugs that can affect those dreams. That happened this week, and it produced a doozy. The med is Benzonatate , and my dosage is 100 mg.