Francis Kilvert (1840-1879): an early self-report of cluster headache?

The published selections from the diary of the clergyman Francis Kilvert, dating from the 1870s, were systematically searched for accounts of headache, face ache and face pain. Although limited, as all such retrospective studies with restricted documentation must be, nonetheless illustrative quotations from the diaries suggest he may have suffered from cluster headache. This may be one of the earliest accounts by a patient, rather than a physician, of cluster headache.