, 1884-07-29
A DOCTORS ADVICE.
What q Family Physician Says About
the Headache.
How People May Keep IA FIend
as Bay-words of wisdom for
suffering Men ana
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"flpsey fOtts In arthur magazine
There are a great many kinds of headaches.
There are various causes for them. Perhaps
the most common kinds are the sick head
ache and a beadache which comes from an
unequal circulation Of the blood. The first
comes from an oyerburdened system, which
Is Obliged to call IA halt and relieve itself.
There il generally a tendency TO vomit and u
pain In some part Of the head, frequently the
left side. The pain is sometimes almost I'M
endurabls. This is caused by there being too
much bile in the system; the bile has been
manufactured too rapidly or has not been
worked out OF the system fast enough by &c
tive exercise. Women who are subject to
spells of the sick headache are those who are
confined indoors too much; their lives nre
monotonous and they eat too heartily Of food
too solid and perhaps not digestible, or per
haps they eat between meals, taking a bite off
the piece they spread for the children, or they
take a handful of nuts or All apple or II drink
Of cold coffee.
Persons who have sick headache, as u rule,
eat too much and exercise to- little. They
have cold feet and they are constipated. Too
often they are people who are ~low-spirited,
morbid, subject 10 the blues" sensitive the
Kind who take II good cry;' persons who
take offense easily; whose love Of appro-
bativeness is large: who know nothing Of that
ease and comfort that goes with "a quiet
heart" They are apt TO indulge in moods
to be away up in the clouds, delighted, ex
allied, animated, or away down in the mirc,
respondent, Borrowing, and gloomy.
Then there Is II headache that comes from
tight boots and shoes, tight lacing, or a gar
ment that binds and annoys some part Of the
Lody. II from any OF thes- causes our Yer.
diet would be Serves 'em right
The headache common among young pen
a-n .lV.aa fYa,. A.ssnr am - Vha Ht-a
tioh. and the subjects OF it are often adj
di,;ed either to sedentary occupations or to
Lalls, theateTs, evening concerts, and other
designations, extending far into the hours Of
the night. The cure is so evident that it
need not lie insisted upon.
The headache in older persons is often
-aused by a How of blood to the head, called
vertigo. and is threatened apopleNy. Re
.tricted diet, with moderate exercise, will
Usually uring about a cure unless there IL
positive organic disease.
A ners Jus headache, brought on by over
work, grief, loSs OF sleep and like causes, is
relieved by quietude. gentle rubbing OF pity
ing hands or tine friction brush, and by apply
ing II cloth dipl~i in hot water and quickly
wrung out on the back NJ the neck. The feet
above the ankles should be In moderately hot
water ut the same time. The pain Is greatly
lessensd by these simultaneous applications.
Ministers are apt tasuffer very much from
the tired OF nervous headache. Up above the
congregation the poor men get all the heat
and bad air which rises, though they may es.
cap- the carbonic a,ld gas which settles In the
pews. After the days work how apt they
are to drop into sleep and sleep 1t of. Better
Ia have taken u brisk walk and time enough
to get pure air into the circulation.
The horsepower varies, Ike the pressure
OF steam, 50 many pounds to the square inch,
though 1t cannot be regulated the same way.
Our supply is weak In the morning; we can.
not do much hard work before breakfast.
We grow stronger toward noon; we go up
with the sun; after . o'clock we begin TO
wane. Work done late at night Is "A greater
tax upon the Ifs than that done at noon. 1t
Is not right to turn night into day II does not
answer the purpose. There Is Il wonderful
power In the light-a wonderful virtue In the
sums rays.
B~rain-work Is more exhaustive and uses up
the horsepower faster than any sort Of
manual labor. And the worst OF II Is that
the brain Is not apt 10 complain of nervous
exhaustion. Busy branI-workers need recrea
ton and rest, and they are wise il they re-
iaember It and do not defer it to- long.
And there Is refreshment ia lying down
and relaxing every muscle. even IL ons does
not sleep. Lot tired housewives, ovefworked
mothers, teachers, the working man, and
man OF business. remember this.
S%ti.nulants arr a great mistake. They are
the whip and the spur ~ the jaded horse.
They make the nerves start up suddenly and
Ia anger, only 10 run a little while.
Habitual exercise may be regarded as tie
great specific for all dnds Of aches, ailments,
loss OF nervous energy, and exhaustion.