Show J S abat we do by M K THOMSON ph D WHY WE HAVE PAIN Is the signal of danger something Is wrong without this warn tog we might persist and get hurt or tilled if a felt no pain by coming la contact with alre ou maht burn ap before you realize what was bap to you pain is not a feeling it Is a sen the distinction Is that in case of a feeling you have a vague notion of pleasantness or unpleasantness whereas in pain you have a distinct sensory experience feelings re elings ate not localize and have no specific organs pain like aery other sense au h as teeing hearing etc Is localized in pain cells mostly on the skin and act throughout tl e body 1 bey costly found on the surface because there Is w acre 1 py ara most needed as watch dogs of our health and lafety another reason bihy pain has been confused with feeling Is that most pains are unpleasant and unpleasant ness Is a feeling feelings of pleasant ness and pleasantness cr are the accompaniments compani ments of all sensory we see hear feel or touch some colors look good to us others 1001 musical notes are pleasant scraping shrill loud noise are decidedly unpleasant soft smooth velvety objects are pleasant to the toach clammy cold ragged sharp un eren surfaces sor faces are unpleasant although most pains are unpleasant some are neutral and a few are post if you cannot thina of pleasant pain recall the sensation of poking a sore thumb to enjoy the biln pain then Is not a feeling it Is a sensation it Is usually accompanied by a feeling of unpleasantness but div 19 neutral or pleasant at times vve bare pain to warn us of H danger and harm pain Is our great est friend in the struggle for existence avoiding pain we are compelled to remove the deadly causes eb mcclur Nev caper syndicate I 1 |