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Illustration from 1870, by Hubert Airy, is one of the first pictures of a migraine aura.

Hubert Airy (June 14, 1838 – June 1, 1903) was an English physician who was the pioneer in the study of a migraine. He was the son of Sir George Airy, Astronomer Royal. He has two portraits in the National Portrait Gallery.

Airy was one of the first to describe the common visual aura, which is the second stage in an outbreak of a migraine attack and precede a headache, and also coined the term scintillating scotoma for it.

References

  1. "Airy, Hubert (ARY856H)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
  2. MJ Eadie. "Hubert Airy, contemporary men of science and the migraine aura" (PDF). Rcpe.ac.uk. Retrieved 19 August 2015.
  3. "National Portrait Gallery - Person - Hubert Airy". Npg.org.uk. Retrieved 19 August 2015.


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