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But this religious conception did not prevent Early Modern Physicians from being concerned by the problem of pain: [5] they tried to cure it with pain-killers called "anodynes", they discussed the problem of the phantom-pain, described in the 16th century by the surgeon Ambroise Paré; and they proposed rich descriptions of the signs of pain.
Most pain resolves once the noxious stimulus is removed and the body has healed, but it may persist despite removal of the stimulus and apparent healing of the body. Sometimes pain arises in the absence of any detectable stimulus, damage or disease. [3] Pain is the most common reason for physician consultation in most developed countries.
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Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty is a 2021 book by Patrick Radden Keefe.The book examines the history of the Sackler family, including the founding of Purdue Pharma, its role in the marketing of pharmaceuticals, and the family's central role in the opioid epidemic.
Kazoh Kitamori (北森 嘉蔵, Kitamori Kazō, 1916 – September 1998) was a Japanese theologian, pastor, author, professor, and churchman.His most famous work in the West is The Theology of the Pain of God, which was published in 1946 in Japan and in the United States in 1965.
Martian pain is, to him, pain which occupies the same causal role as our pain, but has a very different physical realization (e.g. the Martian feels pain due to the activation of an elaborate internal hydraulic system rather than, for example, the firing of C-fibers). Both of these phenomena, Lewis claims, are pain, and must be accounted for in ...
In the Land of Pain is a collection of notes by Alphonse Daudet chronicling the pain and suffering he experienced from tabes dorsalis, its effects on his relationships with friends, family, and other people, and the various drugs he took and physical treatments he underwent in his fight against the disease. Daudet originally began making these ...
Alma mater: University of Toronto, UCLA: Known for: Pain research, transdisciplinary research, sex differences: Awards: Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences, Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, Distinguished Career Award of the Canadian Pain Society, Bennet Cohen Award from the International Council for Laboratory Animal Science, SGV Award, Frederick W.L. Kerr Basic Science ...