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To Relieve Nervous Headache
From 10 to 20 drops sal-volatile (aqua ammonia) in 1/21 wine-glass of water will frequently give relief; a dose of 10 drops, and repeated at intervals of 10 minutes, seldom fails. be pale; for should it be fainting or tempo- 5706. Remedy for Sick Headache. rary suspension of the heart's action, you It is stated that 2 tea-spoonfuls of finely powmay cause death by raising him upright, or dered charcoal, drank in half a tumbler of by bleeding; but if the face be red or dark water, will give immediate relief to the sick colored, raise him on his seat, throw cold water on his head immediately, and send for a surgeon, and get a vein opened, or fatal pressure on the brain may ensue. headache, when caused, as in most cases it is, by too much acid on the stomach. This remedy has been highly recommended. (Sec also Antacids, No. 5678.) 5707. Bisulphide of Carbon a Remescribes the mode of application of this rem-