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A particular variety of headache. By Sir Charles Symonds (From Guy's Hospital and the National Hospital, Queen Square, London). Brain 1956: 79; 217–232
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Studies in Neurology, published in 1970, is a collection of 21 papers and two memorial addresses, reprinted from the writings of Sir Charles Symonds between 1923 and 1967, and prefaced by an informative autobiographical essay. The choice of material included was made with advice from Dr W.I. McDonald (Fig. 1). Each paper has a short annotation by Sir Charles. On item 14 he writes: ‘That this is a malady sui generis no one would deny. Its essential features were briefly described by Wilfrid Harris in 1926, under the heading "Periodic Migrainous Neuralgia". Harris had an immense store of knowledge of pain in the head and face, and this syndrome might well have been called after him "Harris's Neuralgia". The American caption "Cluster Headaches" has however gained wide acceptance and has some descriptive value. The paper reprinted here gave what I think was the most complete account of