Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1913-11-19
HEALTH POINTERS
Or. f. j. Stewart in Texas Board OF
Health Bulletilt)
HEADACHE.

HEADACHE.
Few boys of normal strength and W
men Of good bodily development ever
have headaches. The disease, sometimes
imaginary. and sometimes real, peculiar
" belongs to wOmanhOOd and is very no
ticeable. among school girls ranging III
age from II to Is.
Headaches are not always caused by
disorders of the brain and nerves. put
they frequently are, and it Is unwlse 10
neglect them. They may be sources OF
rcat suffering, and often lead to serious
arrangement of the health. In childhood
and Young maidenhood, they have a more
serious meaning than in adult life. Then,
they may be the ~fOrerunners Of measles:
scarlet fever, typhoid fever or other
diseases.
In my observation have found head
aches more cOnlmO among civilized than
nncivilized because the latter
live almost wholly in the fresh air, dress
simply. and eat plain, coarse food. Also.
as | have stated. headaches are more fire
0uent in women than in men. because
men take sufficient physical exercise to
avoid them women who do not think
much of their health are indOlent and
pay the penalty.
Headaches are always more frequent
with girls who think much and have
highly nervous natures than with girls
who treat life lightly and do not know
the meaning Of the word nerves" Also
an extremely active girl knows less of
headaches than a lazy one.
One IF the most common causes Of
painful headaches in girls which no par
ent should ignore is myOpia or near
sightednesS. and hypermetropia or far
sightedness. The girls eyes. enjoying
the vacation of July and August, are not
tired. Reading is unthousht of. The bad
air of school no ms. and the frequently
worse air Of living rooms at home. is alb
sent.
With girls. sick headache usually be
gins in the morning, on waking from Il
deep sleep. or after sleeping in a close
room where the air is steadily growing
more impure. or after several davS Of
abusc of the stomach through improper
eating and loss of sleep. AT lrSt there
is a distressingly oppressive feeling in
the head, which gradually merges into a
severe, heavy pain in the temples, fire.
q~uently followed by a sense of f~ullness
and tnderness in one eve, and extending
across the forehead.
There is a clammy. unpleasant taste i'm
the mouth, an offensive breath. and the
tongue is covered with a yellowiSh- white
fur. The girl desires TO be alone and in
the dark. The hands and feet are cold
and moist, and the pulse feeble.
ANY gentle emctic that will induce free
vomiting without straining or retching
will start relief on the way. A sponge
bath with tepid water followed by a
vigorous massaging of the spine will in
duce sleep. and if the stomach is given
a coed rest and then fed carefully the
attack will not return.
IncidentalS to what | have mentioned
as provoking headaches and giving a girl
PERMANENT ailments are:
Tight SHOES: low, thin -sOled shoes and
gauze hosiery worn outdoors in damp OF
cold weather; dancing in public halls or
crowded rooms that are 0yerheated and
then entering cold places; tight corsets,
late lunches, incessant reading without
a .cOunterbalance. of Outd or exercises:
worrying over tritles and brOOding over
imaginary wrOngs.
A temperature higher than 20 in a
schoOlroOm is worse than iliteracy
What sensible person would think of
sending children to the tropics for their
schooling? Many parents inadvertently
do so. Sc%hOOlrooms are often Kept ut so
degrees and 50 is not unusual. Long
hours spent in such Overheated atmos-
phere render children unable TO stand
Exposure to 'coldsn and catarrhal affec-
tons. s&