Omaha daily bee., 1893-12-04
WHY YOUR POOR HEAD ACHES
Discourse Of a San Francisco Doctor on What
he Gals a National Vice.
IT HAS MANY VARIETIES AND CAUSES
Types Defined, Reasons Explained and
Remedies suggested-short Consoia-
ton for Those who Suffer tho
Hacking Pains of the Next Day.

patient frown between her eyes, her face
was pale, her step languid, she looked tired
and worn, says a writer in the San Francisco
Call.
"What Is the troubled" / asked.
Nothing but a headache" was the reply.
The next one was n man. He looked cross
and anxious. He was at the telephone, and
his replies TO the interrogatories evidently
being sent over the wire were delivered in q
sharp, irritated tone that his mild ~explana-
tory words did not seem to justify. AT last
his ~''goodby' was said, the receiver hung
up, the bell rung and he turned away.
Lord, how my head aches" he sighed.
Though addressed apparently to n higher
power, the remark was overheard by me.
A few moments later l heard a similar re-
mark. ~ think l must go home and lie
down. said the friend ! had invited to go
for a drive, my head is aching severely"
Now the fact that these three people had
headaches is not remarkable. Most of us
have headaches much OF the time. 1t has
almost com TO be a national vice with us.
The headache, / say, is not remarkable. but
this fact is, namely, that | asked each one Of
these people the cause of his or her particular
cranial pain. ana received the same reply:
'Oh, it is merely nervous"
"a nervous headache is about as compre-
hensive a term rs that other that some
years ago was so popular among a certain
class OF physicians who covered up their
own lack of knowledge of q certain class of
symptoms by the wisc-sounding phrase "ty-
phoid malaria"
Strictly speaking all headaches are nerv-
Gus, in that they are produced by the rams
mission TO the brain, by the nerves. of news
OIL trouoie IN dl1lereht parts OF inc oouy.
inese three 'hervous neauacIes were III
Inherent parts OF the various affected heads.
one located itself In the sufferers forehead.
Another victim complained.at the top OF the
mead only; the third SAID her pam was "at
the oase'ot the hrain." the common term
an long the lalty1or occlpltal headache.
OF Course It's Easily Explained.
Icauache, mysterious as III seems, Is
usually d very easily explained malauy, l
lI.Iouiper que, u NY stuuehI uaSs, oeihS
pilceu III rom VI ah out-patient anu tolu ny
my nreceptor 10 learn the c"useo1 the vloieht
meauache from winch she was sunerlnS.
me cnahces LOT a correct diagnosis were
so.ieMha coihpllcateu ny Tue iacs bnao tne
patlenG knew not u Woru OF LngllSn
nor "a syllaoie OF the Poilack
ulalect that was her native language;
put altnough understood not a word
VI WhaV she saiu Cnere were certaln unnlis-
taKaDie signs tue location OF the pam In the
lotenclu ahu top oI tne neau, tue PINK, mot
tlu llusn AT the UP OIL the nose, the thln,
lefky pulse anu the aching 1eett, pointed TO
cloluentiy, win a shake or The mead, pointed
unih'soakaoiy To CHROME dyspepsia WIN pei
VIC compilcatlons. ANY lyro coulu nave
diagnosed 1t. Doubtless, had the out-patient
peen an american OF the middle OF upper
hendncho wv
lncre are several weli-leIheu types OF
usauaoue' 'uetS tstne vScipltal neaaache;
tn1 pun n u oase 4 tno oraih, reIerreu
W. hnis 70 usuaiS uuc 70 Venous
~ ionS'ut hn'S ~ u tosuil y SUNK
~ DSno any tno
~ hoadaaho nooimpePvt AYE snis sn,t
oannnIn;o ~ ,ooonneo9 ~ iha 70 reany
numa.snu ). II oIuipita. herse' brought on
nuS oNposu.u " q urausnI. there are gener-
nhy nc p SlnS sy"ptonS wnereoy u
10. 70 uiueu !" tn' olherehliitio
hns.o 10 u awning az tne sue Oh Tue heao,
os"S.niSo NO. cAa'uiS d pan; ine pihce-heI
W Neutrality-suspicious. peopie VIM neee ouI WIN
uuv Wear specIacleS, Is Responsible LOT u goou
many " vhe sularltles OF tne eye that
psooIse Hn,s type oi neauacne, ~ frequently,
~ WY iisnS e"loies9iS Piaceu oS ihocher Or
nurse jusI Wnere uaoy cannon iook uirecIly
a. ~ plouaSes tne opIicai miscniei. Inc
hs'.e Gpe 3 oouhu ,o LOOK az Tue Ilsht ana
Nv VIZ ns eSeo aiounu uu'i no manages 10
see ~ WIN one OF ooVh. sometimes the
result IS slraolSmus, sometlmesi IL Is Stig-
n n H. in almost any cuse ~ rs heaaache'
aamu oaoy nouns anu CRIES weakly.
- -
INC ueuralslc' ehe sharp, suors, knite-llke
pun So many women know Resembling u
az LINES Il une iaceache OF a ueoiSen tooth,
III Wnich 'ae eSes are olteh lnvoiveu, or the
reuralgla ltseil MAY DC Laclai USUALLY, IN
i"o'' Vofs eehcraiS on til" rignb sue.
Usually Deuominatcd .Nnrvous."
Hemicranla, PAIN IN one side the head, is a
common form OF headache, and is the form
most OF all the victim is apt to term ''nerv'
GUS" IL Is usually the result of definite
mischief setting up somewhere. There is
the dull, remittent ache of the oncoming ear
disease, With distinct hot spots on the side
of the head, usually on the "parietal emf
nence," and tho hemicrania that has its
odgmen In The per1osteum, the porus in
'termeointe lnver OF the bones of the skull,
worse at night when the relaxation Of the
blood vessels prior to sleep begins. There is
q sense or pressure on the affected side, and
deepseated tenderness. Or, hemlcrania
may be nit raine with trouble in the eyes
and gastric disturbances.
Your true sick headache," however, is
frontal, exnaustlng, depressing, terrible.
The vertical headache OF cerebral anGmia
Is very common among women. Men, with
their more generous diet, and, on the whole,
more rational habits of life, are less subject
10 it. IL goes with the c~olorless ears, the
pale conluctiva and inner lining of the under
lip, and sometimes varies It's form, becoming
| rpully neuralpic when the moan nf tho