Wilfred Harris' early description of cluster headache.
Wilfred Harris was a London neurologist with a significant interest in the treatment of neuralgia. Harris' descriptions of what he called migrainous neuralgia were the first recorded of cluster headache in the English medical literature. He was probably one of the first to describe the cluster phenomenon itself and the effectiveness of ergotamine in treating acute attacks of cluster headache. His seminal contributions to the clinical and therapeutic spectrum of cluster headache are reviewed.
Boes
C J
CJ
Department of Neurology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN 55905, USA. boes.christopher@mayo.edu
Capobianco
D J
DJ
Matharu
M S
MS
Goadsby
P J
PJ
D000717:Anatomy, Comparative / Q000266:history; D003027:Cluster Headache / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000266:history*; D004878:Ergotamine / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000431:Ethanol / Q000627:therapeutic use; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006732:Horner Syndrome / Q000266:history; D006801:Humans; D009462:Neurology / Q000266:history; D012668:Trigeminal Ganglion; D014277:Trigeminal Neuralgia / Q000188:drug therapy; D006113:United Kingdom; D014662:Vasoconstrictor Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use
D014662:Vasoconstrictor Agents; D000431:Ethanol; D004878:Ergotamine