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By   C.   Coleman  Betison,   JVL  D.,   Baltitriot*e,   pcT^u.   S.  .fí.^/
  Author of (<Tongue in  Diagnosis; Heart in Diagnosis; Pulse in Diagnosis;  Lung in Diagnosis;  Se., Se.'
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            Locations on Map Explained.

 When pain is located in  the forehead from the coronal suture
 to  the superciliary ridges  below, and  within  the temporal
 ridges on either side, the large intestines  and rectum are  cotí-
 gested and overloaded with fae ees.
 When pain is located below the  superciliary  ridges including
 the orbit, to the external angular  process on either side of the
 forehead, there is irritation of stomach and small intestines,  or
 congestión at base of brain o ver orbits; or nasal catarrh; astigma-
 tism or other visual defects}  decayed front teeth ; but if pain is
 located ai and around the supraorbital notch,  there is irritation
 of the sympathetic and vagus nerves of the stomach from reflex
 causes as in uterine and ovarían  congestión, functional disiurb-
 anee  of heart  lung,  etc., or  congestión  of  the  sheath of the
 supraorbital nerve at thatpoint, due to sudden  exposure to cold.
 When pain is located between the ears at the occiput below
' the lambdoidal suture, there is congestión at base of brain and
 medulla-oblongata, or defective supply of blood, or anaemia; or
 spinal irritability from excesses in venery or masturbation.
 When pain is located in  the temporal fossa, from the squamous
 suture to the zygoma below, and from the temporal ridge  to
 the mastoid process, there is congestión of the cerebral meninges,
 or embolus ofthe meningeal artery or inflammation ofinternal ear.
 When pain is located in  the vértex, from the coronal to half the
 distance of the  lambdoidal suture, and on  either side of the
 sagittal suture to the superior  outline of the parietal eminence,
 there 'is  deficient blood supply to superior convolutions of brain,
 or reflex irritation fwn  uterus, bladder, rectum, or organs  of
 generation,  catarrh  of eustachian tube,  enlarged or  diseased
 tonsils, injury to bigtoe joint;  but if pain is deep seated, sharp^
 and radiating to sides of  cranium, oceurring only at night or be-
 fare rising in the morning, there is syphilis.
 When pain is located in the región of the parietal bones, from
 the coronal to the lambdoidal suture, and from  the squamous
 suture to the superior outline ofthe parietal eminence, the liver,
 duodenum  and small intestines are congested and there is consti-
 pation.
                     CAUSES OF HEADACHES.

    |prrHiN the Cranium :—Excess or deficieney of blood in cerebral
       capillaries ;  thrombosis or embolus of cerebral vessels ; menin-
gitis, cerebritis, cerebral abscess; caries or necrosis of cranial bones;
tumors  of  brain   or  meninges,  cerebral  concussion,  internal  or
external compression.
    Reflex Causes :  Abnormal states of stomach,  of uterus,  preg-
naney, constipation, excesses in venery or masturbation, einotion.
    Blood  Causes :—Fevers,  malaria, diphtheria,  syphilis,  ursemia,
cholsemia,  cholestersemia, pysemia,   septicaemia,  anaemia,  chlorosis,
scurvy, purpura,  rheumatism, various drugs, tobáceo and alcohol.
                 Varieties  of Headache and Vértigo.

    ^fYMPATHETIC  headache  is present in disorders  of alimentary
       canal or uterus, and is worse on awaking in the morning.
      Constant pain in the head arises from excess of urea  in the blood :
  from lead poisoning, and from the lengthened use of strychnia, quinia,
  etc.
      Hemicrania—Neuralgie headache, oceurs on one side ofscalponly
  which is sensitive to pressure, the pain  is darting and usually attacks
  the face also.
      Rheumatism ofthe scalp oceurs on both sides in the occipito-frontalis
  muscle, and pain is induced by movements of the scalp and also of the
  muscles (sterno-mastoid and splenius) which move the head  from side
  to side ; mastication excites pain  if the temporal and masseter  muscles
  be involved.
      Inflammation of the brain has the pain agonising and coníinuous,
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      In abscess of brain or tumors, softening and  similar  affections of a
  chronic character, the headache is persistent, but less violentthan in in-
  flammation and only occasionallyparoxysmal, with disturbed intellection
  and deranged motion in walking, and the pain is localized to one spot.
      In congestión  of brain, the pain is dull,  increased by stooping or ly-
  ing and by long sleep or mental and bodily exertion,  associated with
  flushed face, throbbing carotids and heated scalp.
      In disease of the meninges when chronic,  the pain is constant and
  flxed, and  sometimes lancinating with heat of forehead and local vascu-
  lar excitement.
      In nervous ancemic women, pain in the head is dull and  severe, but
  transiiory ; followed by lassitude and soreness of  scalp,  no  fever j but
  frequently confusión of visión and disconnection of thought.
       Vértigo is a transitory sense of swimming  of the  brain with a fear
  of falling,  and the illusion that  fixed objeets are moving.  This arises
  whenever the blood supply  to the brain is disturbed, and is connected
  with disease either ofthe brain, heart, liver or kidneys.   It  may oceur
  in anaemia also, or in gastric derangements; or in loss  of blood, and
  exhausting dischsrges.
      When the cause of the vértigo is confined to the  brain,  there  are
  no disturbances in other organs to account for il ; but  there  will be  a
  constant sense of uncertainty or incoordination of movement, persistent
  headache, and unlike sympathetic vértigo, fixed objeets appear to move
  and not the patient, and closing the eyes relieves this vértigo.
      If the vértigo be associated with partial deafness or  ringing noises
  in  the ears, there may be an affection of the internal  ear, such as in-
  flammation of the semicircular cañáis of its labyrinth; and  if so, the
  attack will be sudden.  Sometimes vomiting, with pain in the affected ear
  and symptoms of fainting or apoplexy may be present ;  vértigo of this
  kind is rapidly fatal; or it may lead to giddiness or persistent unsteadi-
  ness in standing or walking, which with the deafness, is pathognomonic of
  Méniérés disease.  In some cases  there is a tendeney to turn to one side
  or to move in a circle.
      In forebodmg epileptic  attacks, consciousness is momentarily lost,
  the vértigo recurs suddenly, perhaps with convulsions, even while in
  bed and dozing; the  brain feels heavy and stupefied, but  the health
  may  be good.
       Vértigo from overwork of the  brain, when persistent,  forebodes
  softening of that organ; and giddiness may be the only symptom of its
  disorder for a long time; but if this condition develop in middle life it
  is of serious import.
      Stomach vértigo is paroxysmal, oceurs during the night  or early
  morning, and is associated with a dull heavy headache  and gastric dis-
  turbance due to indiscretion  in dietary;  and if chronic, the intervals of
  relief are short, there  is no loss of consciousness, and proper íood and
  treatment will remove it.
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