Tag: scintillating scotoma
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The migraine aura and royal astronomers
JMS Pearce Hull, England, United Kingdom Fig 1. George Airy’s visual hallucinations from London, Edinb., and Dubl. Phil. Mag., ser. 4, 80: 19-21, 1865. reproduced in Jarcho S.11 Spleen sighs for ever on her pensive bed, Pain at her side and megrim at her head. — “Rape of the Lock”, Alexander Pope (1688-1744) …
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Body and soul, balance and the Sibyl of the Rhine: the life and medicine of Saint Hildegard of Bingen
Mariel Tishma Chicago, Illinois, United States Hildegard von Bingen receives divine inspiration and passes it on to her writer. Miniature from the Rupertsberger Codex des Liber Scivias. Via Wikimedia St. Hildegard of Bingen wrote two medical texts, three books of visions and prophecies, one of the first mystery plays, songs, musical compositions, and letters.…