ATYPICAL FACE PAIN; A STATISTICAL CONSIDERATION OF 66 CASES
Authors: T W McELIN, B T HORTON
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1947)

Article1 November 1947ATYPICAL FACE PAIN; A STATISTICAL CONSIDERATION OF 66 CASESTHOMAS W. MCELIN, M.D., BAYARD T. HORTON, M.D., F.A.C.P.THOMAS W. MCELIN, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, BAYARD T. HORTON, M.D., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-27-5-749 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptHeadache and pain in the face are two difficult problems with which the practitioner of medicine must reckon. Unusual and irregular facial pain seems almost more of a therapeutic chore than the more familiar distress of headache.REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE AND CONSIDERATION OF TERMINOLOGYGlaser1, 2, 3reviewed the problem with painstaking care in 1928, in 1938 and again in 1940. 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HORTON, M.D., F.A.C.P.Affiliations: Rochester, Minnesota*Received for publication January 28, 1947.†Fellow in Medicine, Mayo Foundation.‡Division of Medicine, Mayo Clinic. 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