“Migraine trail” at the museum
A “Migraine trail” is to be launched by the museum of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society to raise awareness of the condition during Migraine Awareness Week (2–8 September 2007). One in eight people
suffers from migraine and Migraine Awareness Week seeks to increase public
understanding
of this debilitating neurological condition.
Supported by the Migraine Action
Association, the trail will lead visitors
around the Society’s museum displays, highlighting objects that
relate to migraine and the history of its treatment.
Briony Hudson, keeper of the museum’s collections at the Society,
said: “Migraine is one of the oldest recorded ailments and the
trail will explore treatments administered through the ages, ranging
from trepanning (the drilling of holes in the skull to release pain-causing
demons) to the ingestion of herbal medicine, and intravenous injections.
We hope that this will be the first of a number of similar trails to
mark future health awareness weeks.”
The “Migraine trail” is open to the public from 9–5pm
Monday to Friday. Guided tours, incorporating additional displays, are
available on Tuesdays at 2 or 4pm. Further information is available from
the museum office on 020 7572 2210.
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