On the relation of injury to pain the John J. Bonica Lecture (original) (raw)

Abstract

Pain is better classified asan awareness of a need-state than as a sensation. It serves more to promote healing than to avoid injury. It has more in common with the phenomena of hunger and thirst than it has with seeing or hearing. The period after injury is divided into the immediate, acute and chronic stages. In each stage it is shown that pain has only a weak connection ~o injury but a strong connection to the body state.

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Cerebral Functions Group, Department of Anatomy, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT (Great Britain)

Cerebral Functions Group, Department of Anatomy, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT (Great Britain)

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