Editorial Commentary Spreading Depression and Cgrp Sumatriptan and Membrane Potential

In this issue of the journal the editors have initiated an historical section. Hansreudi Isler presents a scholarly paper on cluster headache. Apparently, this case report is the earliest description of this disorder which satisfies the new diagnostic criteria of the IHS classification, an admirable example of the ancient and modem. There are many points of value in this work, even a therapeutic tip that could still be pursued. This paper, considered in the light of Carlyle’s wisdom, exemplifies why we believe our readers will consider a periodic step back into the history of headache a rewarding venture. In anticipation of this, we have asked Dr Isler to accept the formal editorship of the Historical Section for future issues. He is well known to many of you as a scholar in the Classics as well as Clinical Neurology, who has long provided contemporary headache science with historical perspective and insight. No-one in our specialty is better suited to take this editorship. I encourage our readers to submit papers of historical interest related to headache and associated disorders directly to Dr Isler at the Neurology Clinic, Zurich University Hospital, CH8091, Zurich, Switzerland. Please support him in making this a regular feature of Cephalalgia.