Authors: Oliver Sacks
ISBN-13: 9780375704062, ISBN-10: 037570406X
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Date Published: October 1999
Edition: Revised and Expanded
Awakenings author and famed neurologist Oliver Sacks once described the secret to his signature style: "For me, writing and medicine, writing and science, are not separate: they entail each other."
"Balanced, authoritative . . . brilliant." --The London Times
"Written by one of the great clinical writers of the twentieth century, Migraine . . . should be read as much for its brilliant insights into the nature of our mental functioning as for its discussion of the migraine." --The New York Times Book Review
The many manifestations of migraine can vary dramatically from one patient to another, even within the same patient at different times. Among the most compelling and perplexing of these symptoms are the strange visual hallucinations and distortions of space, time, and body image which migraineurs sometimes experience. Portrayals of these uncanny states have found their way into many works of art, from the heavenly visions of Hildegard von Bingen to Alice in Wonderland. Dr. Oliver Sacks argues that migraine cannot be understood simply as an illness, but must be viewed as a complex condition with a unique role to play in each individual's life.
"I am sure . . . that any layman who is interested in the relation between the body and mind . . . will find the book as fascinating as I have." --W. H. Auden, The New York Review of Books
List of Illustrations | ||
Preface to the Revised (1992) Edition | ||
Preface to the Original (1970) Edition | ||
Acknowledgments | ||
Foreword | ||
Historical Introduction | 1 | |
Pt. I | The Experience of Migraine | |
Ch. 1 | Common Migraine | 13 |
Ch. 2 | Migraine Equivalents | 34 |
Ch. 3 | Migraine Aura and Classical Migraine | 51 |
Ch. 4 | Migrainous Neuralgia("Cluster Headache") - Hemiplegic Migraine - Ophthalmoplegic Migraine - Pseudo-Migraine | 99 |
Ch. 5 | The Structure of Migraine | 109 |
Pt. II | The Occurrence of Migraine | |
Ch. 6 | The Predisposition to Migraine | 119 |
Ch. 7 | Periodic and Paroxysmal Migraines | 133 |
Ch. 8 | Circumstantial Migraine | 140 |
Ch. 9 | Situational Migraine | 164 |
Pt. III | The Basis of Migraine | |
Ch. 10 | Physiological Mechanisms of Migraine | 178 |
Ch. 11 | The Physiological Organisation of Migraines | 193 |
Ch. 12 | Biological Approaches to Migraine | 205 |
Ch. 13 | Psychological Approaches to Migraine | 211 |
Pt. IV | Therapeutic Approaches to Migraine | |
Ch. 14 | General Measures in the Management of Migraine | 230 |
Ch. 15 | Specific Measures During and Between Attacks | 238 |
Ch. 16 | Recent Advances in the Treatment of Migraine | 256 |
Pt. V | Migraine as a Universal | |
Ch. 17 | Migraine Aura and Hallucinatory Constants | 273 |
Appendix I. The Visions of Hildegard | 299 | |
Appendix II. Cardan's Visions (1570) | 302 | |
Appendix III. Remedies Advised by Willis (1672), Heberden (1801) and Gowers (1892) | 304 | |
Glossary of Case-Histories | 307 | |
Glossary of Terms | 311 | |
Bibliography | 319 | |
Index | 329 |