Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1916-07-26

This type OF headache generally e~x
better at once following q free bowel
movement. For the cure of this type OF
headache nothing is better than u saline
purge. If. after free Watery p%urgation,
the sufferer will lie quietly In a dark
ened room for a short while, this treat
ment will bring about as much relief as
will a dose of headache medicine.
But the more important question is
to prevent these headaches. They are
due to bad habits. They Ear be pre-
vented in every instance by changing
the habits. Let us "a the man is a
newspaper man working as an editor.
sitting at a desk from 5 o'clock In the
evening until ! o'clock in the morning.
Let him get up a little earlier and plan
nine holes of golf or Il a horseback
ride. Let him eat about One-fifth as
inuch meat, potatoes and bread n
make up for it with fruit. vegetables
and water.
Whatever the vocation or work OF
Il person subject to bilious headaches.
the cure lies within his own hands. No
body car u him, u he can certain
ly cure himself. and that by merely
changing his habits.
A not %infrequent headache is that
due to eyestrain. How can one know
hat eyestrain is causing his headache?
Generally speaking. In headaches from
the eyes the pain is in the Forehead or
the temple. h headaches come on
after several hours work. They are
more apt to come on after work that
is trying on the eyes. To these rules.
however, there are many exceptions. If
anyone had repeated headaches he
should suspect eyestrain.
II eyestrain is suspected he sufferer
can make a rough test on his WI eyes.
Test cards abound. Optical establish
ments have them to give way. Let him
secure q test card. hang ii up in a we'll
lighted Don take his position 20 feet
away, by measure, and see If he can
read the line marked 20-with each eye
separately and then with both eyes to-
and both eyes If the letters are
not clear cut, distinct, and separate, his
eyesight is faulty and he is in need of
glasses.
Even though his eyes bc good a man
might suffer from eyestrain II the illu-
mination Is very poor. if he must gaze
at a bright light or shiny surfaces, or
if his work is very fine. The remedy
for this variety of headache is wen
more accessible. Eyeglasses with prope
lenses and with a frame that holds
the lens at just the right place are
easy to get.
No man is justified In getting a drug
habit because Of eyestrain.
Other forms OF fatigue are
ible for headache. Naturally the head
aches of fatigue are more apt to de-
velop at the end Of the day. The cure
for iii form OF headache Is easy to
understand and, in most instances. is
easy to apply. In most cases the cause
operates after work hours rather than
during them. In this event the cure
consists in correcting the bad habit.
Sometimes 1t is late hours and too
little sleep. Sometimes u II worry. II
the cause operates during work hours.
IL n In a. r0r - $, ~-~-~H~ -
get fatigue with proper limits.
Another form of headache fire.
auently encountered b the tea and
toast breakfast headache. Yhis Is q
unger headache. Hgtahen' just as it
starts. an apple and q piece Of bread or
a glass Of buttermilk MN cure II. Ts
prevent this form OF headache one
should eat a more Substantially break
fast.
Another frequent eause 81 headache
is n~eurasthenia. The neurasthenic
headache is often described AZ a feel
ing of a band round tho head. Or
the headache is said t. beat at one
square Or there is a feenng that the
top Of the head is likely to come. off or
to cave in. All those various bizarre
feelings in the headEand 100 neuras-
thenic patients will describe them in
Is different ways-are symptoms OF
otAiSlAA AlcdudCIbGs
which causes a man to fear he is Roina
insane or to fear something else Is a
~neurasthenic headache, nine times out
of 10.
The way to prevent these headaches
is to benefit the neurasthenia, That
is a slow process, for neurasthenia re-
suits from two bad mental habits. fear
and worry. Retaining a badly trained
mind is u slow and tedious process.
but it can be done. No one suffering
from neu%rasthenic headaches gains
anything In any way from developing
he headache medicine habit.
Let this statement cover all Of them:
In no form of headache Is the persist
ent use of headache medicines Justified.
They always make matters worse i'm
thel long run. Every form of headache
except those due to organic disease or
migraine ear be cured by change in
some habit or in the method of living.
When the headache fs due to organic
disease the proper treatment of the
headache is directed, toward the dis
ease itself and not toward the head
ache.
Hughes has plenty of presidents in his