The oldest medical manuscript, the Ebers Papyrus, discovered at Thebes, Egypt, and dating between 1534 and 3000 BCE, has 12 prescriptions for headache and describes several different types of headache. Migraine was considered separately and was treated with the fish Siluris (an electric cat fish).One headache preparation was prepared by the revered mother-goddess Isis herself for the sun god Ra:
The manuscript says: "A sixth remedy that Isis made for Ra himself to eliminate the disease that is in his head: fruit of coriander…made into a mass, honey is mixed with it, the head is bandaged therewith so that it goes immediately well with him."
Lewis Carroll's "Alice in Wonderland" and "Through the Looking Glass" may have been inspired by migraine hallucinations. In 1999, two doctors published a paper in The Lancet suggesting that the bizarre characters and settings of the two books may have been been born out of migraine-induced visions.
In "Through the Looking Glass," Alice meets Tweedledum and Tweedledee, who agree to battle one another over a damaged rattle. As Alice helps them dress in rags and pots and pans, Tweedledum says: "Do I look very pale?" "Well — yes — a little," Alice replies. "I'm very brave, generally," Tweedledum continues, "Only to-day I happen to have a headache."
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Let's celebrate by being a headache to our "masters" and educating ourselves.
Happy Headache Day!
I'm not surprised that Egyptians had lots of headaches.
They *invented* beer, after all. It's hot, there's glare, and do you have any idea how much of a pain in the well, neck, it is to wear one of those hairdos? Much less put it in? Heaven help you if your braids are too tight. To keep the hairstyles, they didn't sleep on pillows but headrests...this article says that wigs were adopted in the New Kingdom.
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