History of migraine treatment.
The history of the treatment of headache in general, and migraine in particular, spans the millennia, from the Neanderthal era to the Space Age. Beginning with a magical hypothesis of the cause of headache, which spawned a magical therapy, rational treatment for this ancient complaint evolved slowly and tortuously. Now, in the age of molecular medicine, a knowledge of where headache treatment began, and how it got to its current stage, aids in the continuing quest for the safe, effective treatment of migraine.
Edmeads
J
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Sunnybrook & Women's College Health Sciences Centre, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada. john.edmeads@sunnybrook.on.ca
D049690:History, Ancient; D049691:History, Medieval; D049711:History, Modern 1601-; D006801:Humans; D008881:Migraine Disorders / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000266:history / Q000503:physiopathology