The mystery of pain : a book for the sorrowful.

  • Hinton, James, 1822-1875.
Date:
1866
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: The mystery of pain : a book for the sorrowful. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library at Yale University, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library at Yale University.

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    A CHAPTER III. pain visibly serves in human life may add weight to the thoughts that have been suggested. For these uses, which have been often dwelt upon, are by far too limited, even if they were otherwise adapted, to give the key to its existence. Three uses of pain are recognised, and indeed cannot be over- looked :— I. Bodily pain prompts us to many actions which are necessary for the maintenance or security of life, and warns us against things that are hurtful. It has been often pointed out how largely that which contributes to health is attended with pleasure, and how constantly the access or the causes of disease are accompanied by pain. Cold and hunger, for example, lead us to feed and clothe our- selves, and when excess begins, there come satiety and disgust. These things are true, but they exhibit only