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Author Bourke, Joanna, author.

Title The story of pain : from prayer to painkillers / Joanna Bourke.

Publication Info. Oxford ; New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2017.
©2014

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 Glastonbury, Welles-Turner Memorial Library - Adult Department  616.0472 BOURKE    Check Shelf
Description xii, 396 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Introduction -- Estrangement -- Metaphor -- Religion -- Diagnosis -- Gesture -- Sentience -- Sympathy -- Pain relief.
Subject Pain perception.
Pain -- History.
Pain -- Psychological aspects.
English language -- 18th century.
Pain -- Treatment -- History.
Pain -- history.
Pain -- psychology.
Pain Management -- history.
History, Modern 1601-.
English language. (OCoLC)fst00910920
Pain. (OCoLC)fst01050382
Pain perception. (OCoLC)fst01050429
Pain -- Psychological aspects. (OCoLC)fst01050403
Pain -- Treatment. (OCoLC)fst01050415
Chronological Term 1700-1799
Genre/Form History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
ISBN 9780199689439 paperback
0199689431 paperback
9780199689422 hardback
0199689423 hardback
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