Rest For Headaches

Dr. Day says in a late lecture: "Whatever be the plan of treatwentdecided upon, rest is the flrst principie to inculatein very severo headache. Eest, which the busy man and nnxious mother canaot obtain so long as they can manage to keep abont, is one of the first remedies for every headache, and wc should never cease to enforco it. The brain, when excited, as much needs quiet and repose as a fractured limb or an inflamed eye ; it is obvious that the chances of shortening the geizure and arrestmg tho pain will depeud on our power to nave this carricd out actually. It is a practical lesson, to keep steadily in -view, that thcre may lurk behind a simple headacbo sonie lesson of unknown magnitude, which may remain stationary if quietude can bc maintained. There is a point worth attending to in the treatment of all neadaches. See that tho head is elevated at nigbt, and the pillow hard, for, if it be soft, the head sinks into it and becomes hot, which wth some people is enough toprovoke an attack in the morning if sleep has I been long amd hary."