Victorian-American Headaches: Part 1

Victorian-Americans had several ideas about the common trouble of headaches-- what caused the malady, what might help once a headache became entrenched, and perhaps why women suffer headaches differently than men.

Because I suffer from severe chronic headaches, I've often wondered what our Victorian-American ancestors did when they suffered a headache (migraine, tension headaches, etc.).  What was science's answer in the late nineteenth century? With so much primary historical information to share, I've prepared an eleven-part blog article series covering this fascinating subject.

This is Part 1: Why I write about headaches in in the Victorian Era United States and why hats may be to blame.

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