Review – “Headache Through the Ages”
by Seymour Diamond, MD, and Mary A. Franklin
Ranking 4.5 stars out of 5
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There are many books available that talk about the medical aspects of headaches and Migraine disease. Diamond and Franklin have taken a different and quite interesting approach. In Headache Through the Ages, they explore how "headache" has been perceived through time in literature, art history, and anecdotal material, "noting the famous headache suffers and how they...
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