Pain and suffering in history : narratives of science, medicine and culture.

Ix, 100, [1] p., 28 cm.

[Los Angeles, Calif. : University of California, Los Angeles ; 1999]

"Papers presented March 13-14, 1998 at the History of Pain Symposium, University of California, Los Angeles."

"To the memory of John C. Liebeskind"--p. [iii]

"The Symposium marked the official opening of the John C. Liebeskind History of Pain Collection at the Louise M. Darling Biomedical Library at UCLA. It was also one of the special events commemorating the 25th anniversary of the founding of the International Association for the Study of Pain in 1973, and the 20th anniversary of the incorporation of the American Pain Society, in 1978."--Preface, p. vii.

Includes bibliographical references.