Indurative Headache: (Schwielenkopfschmerz) With Report of Three Cases

Indurative headache is of organic origin, chronic and usually paroxysmal, occurring in various parts of the head, and due to infiltrations or thickenings at various points, chiefly in the muscles of the head and neck. From the so-called cases cephalalgia, cephalodynia, migraine, hemicrania, cranial neuralgia and neuritis, many can be separated as belonging to this class. A search made through works of neurology and monographs on headache by American physicians found little or no mention of headache due to these indurations. The subject seems neglected, except for the statement that headache is sometimes rheumatic, lithemic, or gouty in origin. The condition is ably treated, however, by Professor Edinger 1 and by Professor Norstrom, 2 of Stockholm, who spent some time in New York and while there wrote on this subject. The significance of this condition has been recognized for years by physicians abroad, notably by the Swedes and Germans. 3