On the causes, cure, and prevention of the sick-headache / by James Mease.
- James Mease
- Date:
- 1832
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: On the causes, cure, and prevention of the sick-headache / by James Mease. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![the invalid, must be removed by an emetic of ipeca- cuanha for the first; and by twenty or thirty grains of magnesia ; or dried subcarbonate of soda, in the dose of from ten to twenty grains, for the latter, in pills made with castile soap ; three or four of which may be taken in a day. 1 have known Fowler's mineral solution given with great benefit in this -disease: and my confidence in its powers, induces me to recommend it in violent cases.* The dose may be from eight to ten or twelve drops at the utmost, in half a wine glass of water, early in the morning, for an adult. If nausea be produced, it may be taken when going to bed, or one or two hours after a meal. The addition of a tea-spoonful of compound spirits of lavender, (where this medicine has not previously been added) renders it more agreeable, and prevents nausea. It must be discontinued, for a short time, when swelling in the face, or sense of fulness in the eyes, are perceived. After the return of a fit, it may be • Dr. J. C. Olto has favoured me with the particulars of two cases of headache, in which he also gave the mineral solution with the most decided benefit. [See the Appendix.]](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b21140303_0013.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
