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Atlas of Migraine and Other Headaches

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This book is magnificent. The illustrations are priceless, and the text presents fascinating information seldom found without extensive searching. Thank you!

My neurologist had a copy of this book and let me borrow it. I liked it so much, I bought my own copy, along with what I think is a companion book, Atlas of the Headache by the same authors. These books are written for doctors but anyone who has suffered from migraines long enough probably knows most of the info in these books. This is college-level material and packed with diagrams and scanned images (for example, MRIs of the brain) and also the history of medicine regarding headaches. I'm not saying this material is for everyone, but those who are interested in how the brain works and where headaches come from will find this book interesting. For me, seeing actual artist renditions of what an "aura" looks like and how vision disturbances are experienced during a migraine were particularly stunning. It's hard to explain these things to your doctor and some doctors had a hard time explaining to me what an aura is/what it looks like. Those who experience aura during migraine can be at risk for a stroke, so I feel these books do a tremendous service in helping patients discover and describe their own migraine experiences for better diagnosis and treatment. I highly recommend these books to any student of medicine, and any patient who is having difficulty in working with their doctor to categorize their headache type. Migraine treatment is a long and painful process for some, and this information will save so much time, cost, and hurt for the new migraine patient.