Readership: Neurologists, medical historians, psychologists, and anyone else interested in headaches.
Mervyn J. Eadie, Emeritus Professor of Clinical Neurology and Neuropharmacology , Honorary Research Consultant, University of Queensland, Australia
Mervyn J. Eadie Emeritus Professor of Clinical Neurology and Neuropharmacology Honorary Research Consultant University of Queensland Brisbane, Australia
"This is a welcome addition to the study of neurology. The book is solid, thoughtful, readable, and well researched. Neurologists and students of neurology will appreciate the historical underpinnings of this important subject." - Elizabeth Connor, The Citadel
Introduction Chapter 1 Headache its classification Chapter 2 The "seat" of headache Chapter 3 Headache before 1800 Chapter 4 Migraine: clinical phenomena Chapter 5 Migraine: pathophysiology Chapter 6 The treatment of migrane Chapter 7 The trigeminal autonomic cephalalgias Chapter 8 Tension-type headache Chapter 9 Cranial neuralgias Chapter 10 Some thoughts from the history of headache References Index