title: Jane Austen's (1775-1817) references to headache: fact and fiction.
abstract: References to headache in Jane Austen's works, both fictional and non-fictional, and in biographical works undertaken by Austen family members have been collated. These multiple references suggest that Jane Austen used headache as a narrative device to reflect not only physiological bodily processes but also psychological states, possibly based on her own experience of headache and that of female relations and acquaintances.
authors.affiliation: Walton Centre for Neurology and Neurosurgery, Lower Lane, Fazakerley, Liverpool L9 7LJ, UK. a.larner@thewaltoncentre.nhs.uk
authors.forename: A J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Larner
mesh_terms: D004739:England; D005197:Famous Persons; D005260:Female; D006261:Headache / Q000266:history*; D049671:History, 18th Century; D049672:History, 19th Century; D006801:Humans; D008093:Literature, Modern / Q000266:history*; D008513:Medicine in Literature