Health knowledge : a thorough and concise knowledge of the prevention, causes, and treatments of disease, simplified for home use . ow, and in whom it comes onespecially at night in association with insomnia. This type ofheadache is generally in the back ofthe head as shown by the shaded areain the accompanying illustration, andis very often worse when the suffererstands or walks about, but relievedwhen he lies down. The special symptoms of this head-ache are depression of spirits, irrita-bility of temper, timid fear of eventsnot likely to happen, sometimes sleep-lessness, but sometimes also d
Health knowledge : a thorough and concise knowledge of the prevention, causes, and treatments of disease, simplified for home use . ow, and in whom it comes onespecially at night in association with insomnia. This type ofheadache is generally in the back ofthe head as shown by the shaded areain the accompanying illustration, andis very often worse when the suffererstands or walks about, but relievedwhen he lies down. The special symptoms of this head-ache are depression of spirits, irrita-bility of temper, timid fear of eventsnot likely to happen, sometimes sleep-lessness, but sometimes also drowsi-ness during the day, when the personshould be awake, and very often coldness of the hands and feetwith pallor of the face. There is, for persons subject to this typeof headache, a great liability to contract the alcoholic habit, be-cause alcohol gives great temporary relief. Treatment.—Iron and good food are necessary in some cases,cardiac stimulants in those where the heart is feeble. In otherpersons the stoppage of any weakening discharge which may bepresent, and in old people the use of small quantities of alcohol,. HEADACHE 1429 especially at night, is all that is necessary. Hot foot-baths in-variably give immediate relief. I^ Sweet Wine of Iron eight tablespoonfuls Dose: One teaspoonful three times a day, after meals. Migraine is a very severe variety, which affects particularlywomen and men of high intellectuality, Wheatstone and Herschelthe astronomer affording examples of men who have sufferedfrom it. In general it affects that part of the head as indicatedby the shaded area in the accompanying illustration. A warn-ing sign in some people is an extremesensibility of the nervous system toexternal sensory impressions; for ex-ample, to sounds, so that a clock maybe heard ticking in the next room ordown-stairs, where it is usually quiteinaudible. In some people a charac-teristic symptom appears after anhour or two, connected with the bright spot is seen in on
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