West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1894-03-22

commissions and complete loss of consciousness
The attack usually begins with a cry. The pa
tient falls insensibe. the face becomes pale the
head Is drawn backward or sidewise. the mouth
froths; the teeth are ground together the tongue
Is OFTEN bitten. Tho convulson lasts from two
TO i've minutes. when IL gradually subsidies and
consciousness returns. the patient falls into a
deep sleep, from which he awakes with a feeling
OF exhaustion and confusion of the mind In
the second or lighter form, known as epiIeptic
vertigo or petitmal, the person suddenly stops
then goes on as usual. In other cases there Is a
sudden dizziness. partial or momentary loss of
consciousness, after few minutes the queer
speI passes off and the patient looks around
with establishment. Between these two extremes
there are many intermediate forms. In course
of time the mind becomes affected, the memory
rails, the judgment is impaired. the wretched be-
Ing becomes irritable, melancholy and morose
Inc worst cases terminate In insanity or idiocy
The chief cause of this frghtful disease Is an in
herited tendency to nervous disease. Headache
In the parents Is the most common cause of epi-
iepsy In the offspring. The two affections are
very closely related; many medical writer's have
observed this fact Professor Edward Liveing
of London. says in his able work on "Ieadache:"
Il have dwelt thus at length on the epileptic
afiinites of headache because they are the most
Important" DIR. Marshall Hall states that head
ache, epilepsy, apoplexy. paralysis and mania
form natural group of diseases which are very
intimately related.
He0d0cyte.-Sfck, Nerrous or bilious.
Dfssfness, Duftness, Pressure, Etc.
That repeated OF prolonged attacks OF these dis
orders OF the brain predispose IL TO many forms
OF disease can be proven by quotations from a
large number of eminent medical writers The
poor memory. excessive irritability and nervous
ness which 30 frequently result from repeated
attacks of headache indicate I'm ON unmistaka-
Die manner that the nutrition of the BRAIN
and consequently its power OF resisting disease
Is Impaired In almost every case of apoplexy,
paralysis. insanity. epileptic commissions. sun
stroke, Inflammation of the brain, etc, there has
previously been much headache.
DR.. Wright. In his popular treatise on Head
ache" remarks: II convinced that Il a. un-
wise ever to neglect headache In his late
work on the same subject DR.. Day states that
mo parent should ever neglect headache in a
child" aid Professor Wood, In his Practice and
Medicine" emphaticaliy declares that ''its indi-
cations should never he neglected"
There Is a marked tendency for headache
many other Gisorders-to be inherited. "when
we consider" says Professor Day, 'the disorders
| of the brain and nervous system there are few
sensible parents who Will not admit that head
ache Is an affection more frequently hereditary
than almost any other" Many other authori-
ties could be cited TO the same effect. In the
case OF one patient whom DR.. Miles cured of
i iong-continued headache. thirteen members of
his family were subject TO It. Headache tends
TO shorten life in many ways: a. BY causing
more OF less nervous exhaustion. especially of
the nerUe centers. which In turn affect the whole
body. G) by inducing other forms of disease
which tend TO shorten life, epilepsy. insanity,
heart disease, brain disease, apoplexy etc DIR.
Miles has never known person 70 have brain
fever, sunstroke, congestion OF the brain or apo-
plexy who had not been subject TO headache
It's well known TO oculists that persons hay
Ing weak eyes. which are always moro or less
congested, are much more liable TO have inHan-
nation OF these organs than those who have
strong ones. In like manner ~ can readily be
seen that persons subject 20 headache are much
more liable to disease OF the brain. "a IL fa ar
easy matter for che congestion, which accom-
panies all headaches. 70 be famed into milan
nation.