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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    surgeon for constant wear should be assumed immediately on waking in the morning. That the error of refraction, or the muscular imbalance, is trifling is no excuse for infringement of this rule : in dealing with migraine the very little counts often for very much. But, however skilful the ophthalmic surgeon, and however meticulous the general treatment, although relief from the actual paroxysms may be obtained, the patient does not become well, unless the psychological situation is elucidated and adjusted. I say nothing of the merits of peptone-therapy and the like : in my opinion any effects produced by this and similar methods are magical and not fundamental. Attention of body and mind is diverted into new channels, perhaps : but as much may be procured in half a dozen different ways. Something more than diversion of attention, physical or psychical, and something more than the comfortable words of Coue are required if real and lasting benefit is to be secured. [77 ]
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