From the 1840s, anesthetics silenced the acute pain sufferer; - TopicsExpress



          

From the 1840s, anesthetics silenced the acute pain sufferer; effective analgesics blunted the minds of chronic ones. Knowledge...enabled physicians to bypass patient narratives in their search for an “objective diagnosis.” Increasingly, pain narratives were stripped of any deeper significance beyond the rudimentary cry, “It hurts, here!” Chemical and neurological tests replaced stories; statistics replaced language. Jingjie Cheng, Jeremy Teoh, Daniel Kwek, Tan Yeong Tze Wilnard
Posted on: Mon, 14 Jul 2014 13:16:52 +0000

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