History of migraine aura

Dianoux, Du scotome scintillant, 1875

Migraine sufferers of today can still recognize the aura symptoms described in classical writings from doctors, natural scientists and philosophers.

American writers

Walter Clement Alvarez (1960)
Marvin Minsky (1992)
David B. Boles (1993)

English writers

John Fothergill (1784)
Caleb Hillier Parry (1825)

German writers

Christian Georg Theodor Ruete (1845)
Franz Penzoldt (1927)
Bernhard Hassenstein (1981)

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