It is the distal end of an inflammatory process whose proximal beginning may be any irritation. Disease is a common expression of universal enervation. This is accepted by the public mind as efficient treatment of disease, when in fact it is a stupid removing of effects. And that is not the worst of such blundering. In other derangements the same lack of knowledge of cause prevails.
Surgery costs the world, in vandalizing the bodies of men, women, and children, as much every year.
Because of the ignorance of the people, egged on by a science-mad or selfish profession. The drug habit taught the thousands certainly overbalances any relief given. Drugs to relieve pain are never necessary. The coffee headache is an example. A time comes when it is not convenient to get the usual breakfast cup.