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Pain: The Science of Suffering (Maps of the Mind) (1st Edition) by Professor Patrick Wall, Patrick David Wall Paperback, 192 Pages, Published 2002 ISBN-10: 0-231-12007-9 / 0231120079 ISBN-13: 978-0-231-12007-4 / 9780231120074 Pain is one of medicine's greatest mysteries. When farmer John Mitson caught his hand in a baler, he cut off his trapped hand and carried it to a neighbor. "Sheer survival and logic" was how he described it. "And strangely, I didn't feel any pain." How can this be? We're taught that pain is a warnin |