Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1920-07-08

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Pelvic disorders usually give the
pain in the occiput or vertex OF the
head. Headaches from indigestion
are usually frontal. Nasal headaches
are usually over the eye or at the roc,
of the nose, and il located in the an.
trum or sinuses, are usually unilateral
Throat aches as from tonsils or AIDE.
noidS, are diffuse on the head. The
teeth produce a one-sided neuralgia
headache, and the eye, the most i'm.
portani organ of the body. is usually
the cause of most reflex headaches
Eye'strain headaches are either frontal
temporal or occipital and often extend
IN back of the eyeballs. From tnc
fact that eye strain as we'll as dilatel
stomach will produce sick headache
there is often a chance for confusion
and in every such case it is we'll to test
the eye as means of exclusion before
proceeding with stomach treatment.
ITO the eye and its appendageS ar.
distributed one-half of all the cranial
nerves. To no other organ are SO
many important nerves supplied, for
the eye is on duty every waking mo-
ment
Headache is the most common of
all pain. The head aches more than all
the rest of the body put together. One
touch of headache makes the whole
world kin. And the person who has
never suffered a headache is rare.
AS rule, when the head aches il is
not its own fault; it is usually made
the Scapeeoat for some other part of
the body. In place of being the mas
ter, as it should be, il is made to be the
servant. The least organ of the body
can order the head to ache for it and
ii has TO obey.
"Nor is it the brain, as it is common
ly supposed, that is aching. 1t is
usually the scalp or the branches OF
the fifth pair cranial nerves that is
the seat of the ache, as the brain is
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when the head aches, usually the
entire body aches with it, but the sur
face nerves of the head, being SO
sensitive, are able to express them
selves more promptly and clearly than
other parts of the body.
THE popular idea of a headache is
that there is a congestion of blood
in the brain. This has been disproved
by the fact that the head may ac,.-
in anacmic conditions of the brain,
proving that the question of blood
pressure is not the important factor
in producing the ache II is, rather,
dependent upon the poisons produced.
which irritate the great blood YES
sells, particularly those in the regior
of the scalp.
ut Is true that a cold cloth tightly
wrapped around the head will give
some temporary relief by its benumb-
ing pressure upon the surface nerve,
but the relief will be only temporary at
best.
Headache is sign of poison. 1t
is a sign that the body is fighting Wig
orously against an enemy within some
toxic element, and this view OF head
aches explains why they are so fire.
quent and varied in their casuation.
But one thought that stands out
boldly and clearly is that headaches al
ways have a meaning, that a thorough
investigation should be instituted so
as to discover, if possible, the cause.
It is a red light hung out; it is a sign
Of danger inside. So headache is
one of the most useful things in the
world, for it signals ahead. 1t
is not an enemy, it is our friend.
"Our body prduces sufficient poison
in twenty-four hours to kill us, and
If in addition to this normal produc-
ton of poison additional poisons are
added to the sum total, the nervous
system will feel the effect
I'm the treatment Of headaches there
is but one axiom, i, e., remove the
cause. If due to eye strain 90 to an
oculist and get a correction of vision.
In migraine, or sick headache, a la
wage of the stomach will afford timely
relief, but there must be correction
OF the dilation of the stomach which
Invariably accompanies chronic cases
OF migraine before there will be per-
manency of relief"
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