m Tiin noTfsHitoli). 



frontal headache •when combined with constipation; bnt if the 'bowels h^ 

 regular, the morbid processes on which it dei^cnds seem to be checked, 

 and the headache removed even more effectually by nitro-hydrochloric acid, 

 or by alkalies, given befoi'C meals. If the headache is immediately above 

 the eyebrows, the acid is best; but if it be a little liigher up, just where tlio 

 hair begins, the alkalies appear to me to be the more effectual. At the same 

 time that the headache is removed, the feelings of sleepiness and weariness, 

 which frequently lead the patients to complain that they rise up more tired 

 than they lie down, generally disappear." 



(4) Dr. Hall states that sick headache is the result of eating too much 

 and exercising too little. Nine times in ten the cause is in the fact that the 

 stomach was not able to digest the food last introduced into it, either from 

 its having been unsuitable, or excessive in quantity. A diet of bread and 

 butter with ripe Iruits or beri'ies, with moderate, continuous exei'cise in the 

 open air, sufiicient to keep iip a gentle perspiration, would cure almost eveiy 

 case in a short time. Two teaspoonfuls of powdered charcoal in a half glass 

 of water, and drank, generally gives instant relief. 



(5) Put a handful of salt into a quart of water, add one ounce of spirits of 

 hartshorn, and half an ounce of camphorated spirits of wine. Put them 

 quickly iuto a bottle, and cork tightly to prevent the escape of tlie spirits. 

 Soak a i^iece of rag with the mixture, and apply it to the head; wet the rag 

 afresh as soon as it gets heated. 



(C) A mixture of ice and salt, in proportion of one to one-half, applied to 

 the head, frequently gives instant relief from acute headache. It should be 

 tied up in a small linen cloth, like a pad, and held as near as possible to the 

 seat of the pain. 



(7) For sick headache, induced by bilious derangement, steep five cents' 

 worth of senna and camomile flowers in a little water, to make strong 

 decoction, and take. It has been tried successfully in various cases. 



(8) Coarse brown paper soaked in vinegar and placed oaJJie forehead is 

 good for a sick headache. If the eyelids are gently bathed in cool water the 

 pain in the head is generally allayed. 



(!)) Nervous headache is said to be instantly relieved by shampooing the 

 head with a quart of cold water in which a dessertspoonful of soda has been 



dissolved. •« 



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Offensive Breath. — (1) From six to ten drops of the concentrated solu- 

 tion of chloride of soda, in a wineglassful of pure spring water, taken imme- 

 diately after the ablutions of the morning are completed, will sweeten the 

 breath, by disinfecting the stomach, which far from being injured will be 

 benefitted by the medicine. If necessary, this may be repeated in the mid- 

 dle of the day. In some cases the odor arising from carious t«eth is com- 

 bined with that of the stomach. If the mouth is well rinsed with a teaspoon- 

 ful of .the solution of the chloride in a tumbler of water, the bad odor of the 

 teeth will be removed. 



(2) To correct the odor of decayed teeth, two or three drops of a solution 

 of permanganate of potassa may bo used in a glass of water as a wash, or a 

 few drops of the solution may be put into the cavity of the tooth on » small 

 piece of cotton. A good remedy for a bad breath, arising from a foul 

 stomach, is charcoal powder in teaspoonfnl doses— a dose every other morn- 

 ing before breakfast ff)r two or three weeks, if necessary. 



(3) Bad breath from catarrh, foul stomach, or bad teeth, may be tem- 

 porarily relieved by diluting a little bromo chloralum with eight or ten parto 



