Hubert Airy

Hubert Airy (June 14, 1838 – June 1, 1903) was an English physician^[1] who was the pioneer in the study of a migraine.^[2] He was the son of Sir George Airy, Astronomer Royal. He has two portraits in the National Portrait Gallery.^[3]

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.^{[citation needed]}

References

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

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[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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