A probable cluster headache case from a textbook of 1726: Francisco Suárez de Rivera's description

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Background: Few descriptions of cluster and cluster-like headache made before the 19th century have been reported.Case description: We present a previously unreported early description of a probable cluster headache case made by Francisco Suárez de Rivera (1686-c.1751), one of the main physicians of the Spanish Age of Enlightenment, writer of almost 40 textbooks about medicine, surgery, pharmacology, and therapeutics.Discussion: The depiction here reported of a woman with probable cluster headache is possibly one of the earliest known and, to our knowledge, the first in Hispanic literature. We also review other descriptions of cluster and cluster-like headache from the same time period. © 2011 International Headache Society.

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Palma, J. A., & Palma, F. (2011, August). A probable cluster headache case from a textbook of 1726: Francisco Suárez de Rivera’s description. Cephalalgia. https://doi.org/10.1177/0333102411413161

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