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It was mentioned as a book from the 1860s about migraines which Oliver Sacks read while under the influence of drugs, leading to a profound experience that inspired him to write his own book on the topic.
But instead of giving way to fantasy, I started reading this book and the sort of drug ecstasy coupled with what was in the book.
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It was mentioned as a book from the 1860s about migraines which Oliver Sacks read while under the influence of drugs, leading to a profound experience that inspired him to write his own book on the topic.
But instead of giving way to fantasy, I started reading this book and the sort of drug ecstasy coupled with what was in the book.
And I started to feel that this is a most wonderful book. I felt that the neurological heavens were opening for me and that migraine was shining like a constellation.
The author of the book was a man called Living, Edward Living.