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==History== [[File:The Scream.jpg|thumbnail|right| [[Edvard Munch]]'s ''[[The Scream]]'' has been used as a symbol of facial pain generally,<ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Williams CG, Dellon AL, Rosson GD | title = Management of chronic facial pain | journal = Craniomaxillofacial Trauma & Reconstruction | volume = 2 | issue = 2 | pages = 67β76 | date = May 2009 | pmid = 22110799 | pmc = 3052669 | doi = 10.1055/s-0029-1202593 }}</ref> and also specifically of trigeminal neuralgia.<ref>{{cite web|title=Facial Neuralgia Resources|url=http://www.facial-neuralgia.org/default.htm|publisher=Trigeminal Neuralgia Resources / Facial Neuralgia Resources|access-date=8 May 2013|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130708130122/http://facial-neuralgia.org/default.htm|archive-date=8 July 2013}}</ref>]] Trigeminal neuralgia was first described by physician [[John Fothergill (physician)|John Fothergill]] and treated surgically by [[John Murray Carnochan]], both of whom were graduates of the [[University of Edinburgh Medical School]]. Historically TN has been called "'''suicide disease'''" due to studies by the pioneering forefather in neurosurgery [[Harvey Cushing]] involving 123 cases of TN during 1896 and 1912. In those studies it produced intense pain, higher rates of suicidal ideation in patients with severe migraines, and links to higher rates of depression, anxiety, and sleep disorders.<ref name="Adams 1043β50">{{cite journal | vauthors = Adams H, Pendleton C, Latimer K, Cohen-Gadol AA, Carson BS, Quinones-Hinojosa A | title = Harvey Cushing's case series of trigeminal neuralgia at the Johns Hopkins Hospital: a surgeon's quest to advance the treatment of the 'suicide disease' | journal = Acta Neurochirurgica | volume = 153 | issue = 5 | pages = 1043β1050 | date = May 2011 | pmid = 21409517 | doi = 10.1007/s00701-011-0975-8 | s2cid = 28245294 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://arizonapain.com/trigeminal-neuralgia-suicide-disease/ | title=Why Trigeminal Neuralgia is Considered the "Suicide Disease" |publisher=Arizona Pain Specialists LLC | date=26 September 2021 }}</ref><ref name=Prasad2009>{{cite journal | vauthors = Prasad S, Galetta S | title = Trigeminal neuralgia: historical notes and current concepts | journal = The Neurologist | volume = 15 | issue = 2 | pages = 87β94 | date = March 2009 | pmid = 19276786 | doi = 10.1097/NRL.0b013e3181775ac3 | s2cid = 23500191 }}</ref>
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