Her intention to write “a history of migraine from below” by examining the experiences of people in pain, many of whom lived centuries ago, puts my own pain in perspective. There’s a migraine relief plan; a migraine miracle; a you-can-take- back-your-life promise. [The mind, the body and the puzzle of alternative medicine]Oliver Sacks’s 1985 book, “Migraine,” does contain elegance and awe. A lively, scholarly book about migraine, Foxhall’s history is also a treatise on the human condition. Although relief from pain is wonderful, pain remains the great equalizer.

Source: Washington Post June 10, 2019 18:56 UTC