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Editor-In-Chief: Robert G. Schwartz, M.D. [1], Piedmont Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, P.A.; Associate Editor-In-Chief: Cafer Zorkun, M.D., Ph.D. [2]

Overview

The first record of human headache has been known for 6000 years ago.In 17th Century migraine was recognized by Willis.The first recorded classification system that resembles the modern ones was published by Thomas Willis, in De Cephalalgia in 1672. In 1787 Christian Baur generally divided headaches into idiopathic (primary headaches) and symptomatic (secondary ones), and defined 84 categories.The idea of migraine may be a vascular disease revisited by Wolff and colleaguse in the 1940s.

Historical Perspective

Discovery

  • The first record of human headache has been known for 6000 years ago.[1]
  • The first recorded classification system that resembles the modern ones was published by Thomas Willis, in De Cephalalgia in 1672.
  • In 1787 Christian Baur generally divided headaches into idiopathic (primary headaches) and symptomatic (secondary ones), and defined 84 categories.[2]
  • In 17th Century migraine was recognized by Willis.
  • The idea of migraine may be a vascular disease revisited by Wolff and colleagues in the 1940s.[3]

References

  1. Goadsby PJ, Holland PR, Martins-Oliveira M, Hoffmann J, Schankin C, Akerman S (2017). "Pathophysiology of Migraine: A Disorder of Sensory Processing". Physiol Rev. 97 (2): 553–622. doi:10.1152/physrev.00034.2015. PMC 5539409. PMID 28179394.
  2. Schmoldt A, Benthe HF, Haberland G (1975). "Digitoxin metabolism by rat liver microsomes". Biochem Pharmacol. 24 (17): 1639–41. PMID https://doi.org/10.1212/01 Check |pmid= value (help).
  3. "Reorganized text". JAMA Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 141 (5): 428. 2015. doi:10.1001/jamaoto.2015.0540. PMID 25996397.

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