Richard A Sherman

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Phantom Pain (1997)Hardcover - 1997, 30 November 1996

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The Springer Behavioral Psychophysiology and Medicine
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Language of Science
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Plenum Series in Behavioral Psychophysiology and Medicine
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Springer Series in Behavioral Psychophysiology and Medicine
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Plenum Series in Behavioral Psychophysiology & Medicine
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Print Length
264 pages
Language
English
Publisher
Springer
Date Published
30 Nov 1996
ISBN-10
0306453398
ISBN-13
9780306453397

Description

Phantom pain is an intriguing mystery that has captured the imagination of health care providers and the public alike. How is it possible to feel pain in a limb or some other body part that has been surgically removed? Phantom pain develops among people who have lost a limb or a breast or have had internal organs removed. It also occurs in people with totally transected spinal cords. Unfortunately, phantom pain is a medical night- mare. Many of the people reporting phantom pain make dispropor- tionately heavy use of the medical system because their severe pains are usually not treated successfully. The effect on quality of life can be devas- tating. Phantom pain has been reported at least since 1545 (Weir Mitchell as related by Nathanson, 1988) and/ or experienced by such diverse people as Admiral Lord Nelson and Ambroise Pare (Melzack & Wall, 1982; Davis, 1993). The folklore surrounding phantom pain is fascinating and mirrors the concepts about how our bodies work that are in vogue at any particu- lar time. Most of the stories relate to phantom limbs and date from the mid-1800s. The typical story goes like this: A man who had his leg ampu- tated complained about terrible crawling, twitching feelings in his leg. His friends found out where the leg was buried, dug it up, and found maggots eating it. They burned it, and the pain stopped. Another man complained of a swollen feeling with frequent stinging or biting pains.

Product Details

Author:
Richard A Sherman
Book Edition:
1997
Book Format:
Hardcover
Country of Origin:
US
Date Published:
30 November 1996
Dimensions:
27.99 x 10.52 x 2.46 cm
ISBN-10:
0306453398
ISBN-13:
9780306453397
Language:
English
Location:
New York, NY
Pages:
264
Publisher:
Weight:
535.24 gm

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