The Nature and Significance of Pain Considered in Its Physiological Aspect

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Excerpt from The Nature and Significance of Pain Considered in Its Physiological Aspect: An Introductory Address Delivered at St. George's Hospital, on 3rd October, 1887The etymology of the word pain alone furnishes a striking instance of its universality, In a vast number of languages the word is identical, and, as Wedgwood remarks, the Latin word from which it was derived was no doubt enabled to spread itself so widely from the prominence of the idea of retribution and punishment in religious teaching. N ine-tenths of written history is but a record of the varied.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.