Merck's 1899 Manual - Part 152
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Part 152

Ammonium Carbonate.

Ammonium Chloride: 10 to 15 grn. doses in hemicrania.

Ammonium Valerianate.

Antacids.

Antipyrine.

a.r.s.enic: in brow ague.

Atropine: locally to eye in migraine.

Belladonna: frequently given in frontal headache, especially at menstrual period, or if from fatigue.

Berberine.

Bis.m.u.th Valerianate.

Bleeding.

Bromides: in large doses.

Bryonia: in bilious headache.

Butyl-chloral Hydrate.

Caffeine, with antipyrine or sodium bromide.

Cajeput Oil: locally.

Camphor: internally, and saturated solution externally.

Camphor with acetanilid or antipyrine, in nervous headache.

Cannabis Indica: in neuralgic headache.

Capsic.u.m: plaster to nape of neck.

Carbon Disulphide.

Carbon Tetrachloride.

Chamomile.

Chloralamide.

Chloroform, Spirit of: in nervous headache.

Cimicifuga: in nervous and rheumatic headache, especially at menstrual period.

Coffee and Morphine.

Colchic.u.m.

Cold Affusion.

Croton Oil.

Cup, to nape of neck, in congestion.

Digitalin: (German) 1/16 grn. twice a day for congestive hemicrania.

Electricity.

Ergot.

Ergotin.

Ethylene Bromide.

Erythrol Tetranitrate.

Ether Spray: locally, for frontal headache after illness or fatigue.

Eucalyptol.

Ferropyrine.

Friedrichshall Water.

Galvanism.

Gelsemium.

Guarana.

Heat: as hot water-bag or poultice to nape of neck.

Hot Sponging.

Hot Water.

Hydrastis: in congestive headache with constipation.

Hyoscyamus.

Ice-bag: applied to head, or leeches back of ears, in severe cases.