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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher Univ of California Pr
Publication date October 1, 1992
Binding Hardcover
Edition Rev exp su
Book category Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13 9780520081017
ISBN-10 0520081013
Dimensions 0.75 by 6.50 by 9.25 in.
Weight 1.75 lbs.
Availability§ Out of Print
Original list price $85.00
Other format details university press
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Summary
Describes the symptoms and history of migraine headaches, identifies foods and conditions which may provoke attacks, and discusses the possible treatments
Amazon.com description: Product Description:
In recent years the bestselling Awakenings and The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat have received great critical acclaim, but Oliver Sacks's readers may remember that he began his medical career working with migraine patients. In this new edition of Migraine, he returns to his first book and enriches it with additional case histories, new findings, and practical information.

For centuries physicians and migraineurs have been fascinated by the visual hallucinations, or auras, which often precede a migraine and which are similar to those induced by hallucinogenic drugs or deliria. In a remarkable new chapter, illustrated with startling full-color paintings by migraine sufferers, Dr. Sacks draws on recent advances in chaos theory and neural simulation to describe these "hallucinatory constants" and what they reveal about the working of the brain.

Another important addition to the 1992 edition discusses newly developed drug therapies for migraine, as well as alternative, nondrug approaches. Only Oliver Sacks's boundless curiosity and rich imagination could yield such a fresh, comprehensive view of one of humankind's oldest afflictions.


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Rev exp su edition from Univ of California Pr (October 1, 1992)
9780520081017 | details & prices | 6.50 × 9.25 × 0.75 in. | 1.75 lbs | List price $85.00
About: Describes the symptoms and history of migraine headaches, identifies foods and conditions which may provoke attacks, and discusses the possible treatments
Paperback
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Rev exp edition from Vintage Books (September 1, 1999)
9780375704062 | details & prices | 338 pages | 5.50 × 8.25 × 0.75 in. | 0.80 lbs | List price $15.95
About: The best-selling author of Awakenings describes the symptoms and history of migraine headaches, identifies the foods and conditions that may provoke attacks, and examines possible treatments for this devastating ailment.
Rev exp edition from Univ of California Pr (December 1, 1992)
9780520082236 | details & prices | 6.00 × 9.00 × 1.00 in. | 1.35 lbs | List price $16.95
About: Describes the symptoms and history of migraine headaches, identifies foods and conditions which may provoke attacks, and discusses the possible treatments

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