Electronic Resource

MIGRAINE : A HISTORY

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For centuries, people have talked of a powerful bodily disorder called migraine, which currently affects about a billion people around the world. Yet until now, the rich history of this condition has barely been told. In Migraine, award-winning historian Katherine Foxhall reveals the ideas and methods that ordinary people and medical professionals have used to describe, explain, and treat migraine since the Middle Ages. Touching on classical theories of humoral disturbance and medieval bloodletting, Foxhall also describes early modern herbal remedies, the emergence of neurology, and evolving practices of therapeutic experimentation. Throughout the book, Foxhall persuasively argues that our current knowledge of migraine's neurobiology is founded on a centuries-long social, cultural, and medical history. This history, she demonstrates, continues to profoundly shape our knowledge of this complicated disease, our attitudes toward people who have migraine, and the sometimes drastic measures that we take to address pain. Foxhall draws on a wealth of previously unexamined sources, including medieval manuscripts, early-modern recipe books, professional medical journals, hospital case notes, newspaper advertisements, private diaries, consultation letters, artworks, poetry, and YouTube videos. Deeply researched and beautifully written, this fascinating and accessible study of one of our most common, disabling—and yet often dismissed—disorders will appeal to physicians, historians, scholars in medical humanities, and people living with migraine alike.

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Ketersediaan

Informasi Detail

Judul Seri

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No. Panggil

616.84912 KAT m

Penerbit

Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press., 2019

Deskripsi Fisik

xiii ; 276p. : ill.

Bahasa

English

ISBN/ISSN

9781421429502

Klasifikasi

616.84912

Tipe Isi

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Tipe Media

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Tipe Pembawa

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Edisi

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Subjek

Migraine

Info Detail Spesifik

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Pernyataan Tanggungjawab

Katherine Foxhall

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