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Subject

Migraine Disorders

Images

  • A man representing the remedy Finidol rescues another man from the clutches of an octopus whose tentacles represent rheumatic and arthritic diseases. Colour lithograph after René Vincent.
  • Swimmer
  • Galvanic anti-neuralgic headband made up of a series of 24 alternate zinc and copper discs mounted onto a felt and ribbon band. The headband was tied around the head, with the discs resting on the temples, where perspiration would act on the discs by producing a mild galvanic current
  • Visual distortion
  • 'Migril' masters migraine : even master minds can be slaves to migraine.

Catalogue

    • Archives and manuscripts
    • Online

    Female figure with lightbulb

    | Date: 2 February 1983 | Reference: SA/MAR/486
    Part of: Migraine Art Competition Collection
    • Digital Images
    • Online

    Interior with clock - inducing a migraine

    Debbie Ayles
    • Books

    Migraine : clinical features, mechanisms, and management / [John Pearce].

    Pearce, John, 1928- | Date: [1969]
    • Ephemera

    We recommend Veganin : for the treatment of headache, neuralgia, migraine, dysmenorrhoea, fibrositis and other painful conditions : also colds, influenza and fevers : Veganin tablets.

    | Date: [1954]
    • Books

    The prevalence and economic impact of migraine / Managing Migraine.

    | Date: 1992
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