Migraine and other common neuroses : a psychological study / by F.G. Crookshank.

  • Francis Graham Crookshank
Date:
1926
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Credit: Migraine and other common neuroses : a psychological study / by F.G. Crookshank. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    hypertrophied turbinate, organ-defect may be a factor in the production of symptoms and at the same time a result of long-continued functional irre¬ gularity ; thus maintaining a vicious circle. Again, organ-defect may become the excuse, seized upon by the psyche, as we shall see, for the maintenance of a persistent psychological attitude. But, always is it of vital importance in treatment that the organ-inferiority be remedied or compensated, so far as in our power. The ordinary treatment of migrain¬ ous persons—apart from the compensa¬ tion or removal of organ inferiority— consists in the regulation of the daily life in accordance with the best principles of hygiene, and in the pre¬ scription of various medicines to be taken, during the attacks, for the relief of headache. Luminal if given regularly may succeed for a time in apparently staving off attacks. I do not propose to discuss these points in detail, but one item is very important. Any glasses prescribed by the ophthalmic [76]
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