The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1859-12-05

STATISTICS OF HEADACHE.-The Medical Times and
Gazette contains some interesting medical data, OBJ
tanned by inquiries made in the usual course of pro-
fessional experience concerning the causes ofhead
ache. OF ninety cases cited, seventy-six were fe-
males-a number which establishes pretty strongly
the fact testified to by most of the old writer's that
females are more Representatives,. Of the seventy
six females, forty were single. The predispostion
in the of females is believed to originate in the
nervous system-susceptibility of nervous disorder
being much oftener found in the female than in the
male subject. 1t is likely to exist in organisms
which evidence a capabiity of so much ineness
and delicacy of perception, united with so much
proneness to emotional excitement, and IN which
the functions of organic life observed to be so
readily wrought by passing states of thought, sen
alton and emotion.
OF the exciting causes emotional disturbance has
the highest number. Out of ninety cases, fifty
three declared this to be of the causes of their
attacks, forty-eight also considered that atmosphe
rc states to be blamed, and twenty-five speci
fed thunder. In regard to inheritance of the liza
bility, in nineteen cases the mother is mentioned,
in nine the father, and in twelve both parents; IN
all, forty gave explicit evidence of hereditary pre-
disposition, and a few others mentioned cases in
collateral branches. Out of the ninety cases only
nineteen blamed their diet. As to the influence of
climate, twenty nine very clear that they are
least liable to attacks of headache in places where
the air is dry and bracng; six commend cold atmos
phere and six condemn it; eight praise warm atmOs
phere and three dislike it; six in favor of sea
air, and four averse to it. Fatigue is mentioned
as an exciting cause by thirty-two.
THE FASHIONS IN PARIs-PAR1s, Oct. 29.-The
style of the first empire is decidedly the prevailing
tendency; but our celebrated court modiste, Ma
dame Fauvet, Rue de Minars, modifies the short
waist and pulled sleeves, thus rendering them be-
coming and pretty. As dinner dress, velvet will
be worn. black velvet costume destined to IL
CURE at the approaching tetes at Compiegne, has
hathigh body cut square across the front, and or
namented with narrow fris of black lace on an en-
erad green satin piece which forms in front, at
the edge of which the velvet is arranged rerers
each row of lace terminates with bow on the vel
vet REFERS; in the middle of this trimming there is
a row of small ribbon bows. The front of the black
velvet skirt is composed OF an apron OF green satn
likewise covered with rills of black lace and bows
of ribbon in the centre and at each end; the lace
frills are drawn around the bows which edge the
apron. The skirt is attached to the rounded and
piped corsage by small fiat plaits, between these
large double plaits of which is on each hip and
one behind. The sleeves have three plaits on the
shouder-piece, and terminated by a TeUers of
green satin, trimmed like the body, with lace fris
and bows A row of white lace decOrates the top
of the body, and one likewise falls from under the
sleeve and shades the arm.
The beautiful and durable Cambria laces from the
mandatory of Ferguson, 40 Rue DIES Jeneurs
much employedin the above-described style trim
ming for robes. They also increase daily in favor
as decorations for winter clOaks and mantles, form
ing more suitable addition to the heavy winter
materials than do the light webs of the Chantilly
laces.-JourRal Of Commerce.
AFrER-DINXER SPEECHES UNFAsHIoNABLE.-Post-
prandia speeches have had their day in some parts
of Europe, and we are glad Of it. When well done
they are bores when not happily delivered they
are nuisances As we draw our fashions from
France, let us initiate the Marquis La Grande,
who at the dinner of the Agricultural Society
of Blaye (Girondin} said: 81 will not pro-
pose toast. Toasts with their accompanying adj
dresses mportations from England; they are
stiff and starched, indistnct like foggy Albion
herself, are intoxicating like porter, heavy like
beer. prefer the good od-fashioned custom of our
forefathers simply drinking healths without re-
mark. They did not speechily-they drank; they
did not enter into historical dispositions, often
roneous-did not pronounce eulogies, which are too
generally silly false; they expressed their senti
ments by reclamation. Down, then, with English
toasts and limitations Instead of changing this joy
Gus table into Parliamentary tribune, let us be
faithful to the past and the traditions of France"
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