Wilfred Harris' early description of cluster headache.

Abstract	Wilfred Harris was a London neurologist with a significant interest in the treatment of neuralgia. Harris' descriptions of what he called migrainous neuralgia were the first recorded of cluster headache in the English medical literature. He was probably one of the first to describe the cluster phenomenon itself and the effectiveness of ergotamine in treating acute attacks of cluster headache. His seminal contributions to the clinical and therapeutic spectrum of cluster headache are reviewed.
Authors	C J Boes, D J Capobianco, M S Matharu, P J Goadsby
Journal	Cephalalgia : an international journal of headache (Cephalalgia) Vol. 22 Issue 4 Pg. 320-6 (May 2002) ISSN: 0333-1024 [Print] England
PMID	12100097 (Publication Type: Biography, Historical Article, Journal Article, Portrait)
Chemical References	Vasoconstrictor Agents Ethanol Ergotamine
Topics	Anatomy, Comparative (history) Cluster Headache (drug therapy, history) Ergotamine (therapeutic use) Ethanol (therapeutic use) History, 19th Century History, 20th Century Horner Syndrome (history) Humans Neurology (history) Trigeminal Ganglion Trigeminal Neuralgia (drug therapy) United Kingdom Vasoconstrictor Agents (therapeutic use)

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