The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1894-03-23

vertigo or petitmal, the person suddenly stops;
then goes on as usual.
Headache.-Sick, Nervous or Bilious,
Dizziness, DsUness, Pressure, Etc.
That repeated or prolonged attacks of these dis
orders of the brain predispose it to many forms
OF disease can be proven by quotationsf from a
large number of eminent medical writer's. The
poor memory excessive irritability and nervous
ness which so frequently result from repeated
attacks of headache, indicate in an unmistaka-
BILE manner that the nutrition of the brain,
and consequently its power of resisting disease,
is impaired. In almost every case of apoplexy,
paralysis, insanity, e~pileptic commissions, sun
stroke, Inflammation of the brain. ETC., there has
previously been much headache.
1t is well known to oculists that persons hav-
ing weak eyes, which are always more or less
cOngested, are much more liable to have in6am-
nation of these organs than those who have
strong ones. In like manner it can readily be
seen that persons subject to headache are much
more lii. BILE to disease Of the brain, as it is an
easy matter for the congestion, which accom-
panies all headaches, to be famed into infiam-
nation.
Sick Headache, Bilious Headache, Bill
iOsss Attacks, Sick G~iddiness. We speak
of sick headache more at length, than any other
form of this affection, as it is a typical nervous
disorder, and the one with which the majority of
people are most familiar. Not only are the
masses in almost entire ignorance as to it's true
nature, but also physicians. 1t is commonly
supposed that sick headache is caused by some
arrangement of the stomach orliver. This the
DRY is unscientifc and not sustained by facts.
Everybody knows that injuries and diseases of
the brain often produce vomiting; that the men
tai impression resulting from the sight of a dis
gushing object will cause sickness of the stomach
in many persons. DR.. Miles has demonstrated
that sick headache is also due to a disturbance
Of the brain. Out of 632 cases of this order, Of
which he has kept careful record during the last
few years, every patient stated that the first
symptoms of an attack were always felt in the
head, and in some cases hours elapsed before the
stomach became deranged. Sick headache after
a few years usually changes into the nervous
form.
Hot Fyashes-RMsh of Blood to the
Head, Nervous ChiIIs, N~ssnsbness, Ten
derness of the Scalp, IrritabiIity of
Temper, Poor Memory. These are symp-
toms frequently met with in persons of a weak
nervous system; they are due to nervous irrita-
bility or exhaustion. For them the Restorative
Nervine is a good remedy.
acknowledgements Nervousness IS.
There are many more hysterical persons than is
usually supposed. There are all degrees of it,
from lnpulSlVeueSS 70 COHNulSlOuS. hySIcIlCdl
people act in haste to repent at leisure. They
are easily elated or depressed, owing to a defect
in the nerve centers. Some will cry one moment
and laugh the next. Their feelings are often
stronger than their will. Hysteria is, in reality,
like many other weak diseases-not a disease it.
self, but the effect of one or more arrangements
of the nervous system.
Insanity-Mania, Melancholy. In ex-
IRENE cases these maladies can best be treated
by some specialist, or in an institution for that
purpose, where special treatment can be given