Show e. e Why We Do 0 WL What We WeDo Do Doby by M. M I K THOMSON Ph D. D 5 S oa WHY WE HAVE PAIN PAM PAIN Is the signal Ignol of danger Something Something Some Some- Something thing Is wrong Without this warnIng warning warn warn- ing fag we might persist and get gel hurt or killed If It you OU fel felt t no pain b by coming corning In to contact with fire you jou ou might burn burnup burnup burnup up before you rOil rea realize lite what was hap hop happening pening to you Pain Is not a feeling It Is n sen sen- The distinction Is that In to case of a feeling you have bate a vague vogue notion of ot pleasantness or unpleasantness whereas In pain you have hn a distinct sensory experience Feelings 01 ate e not localized and have no specific organs Pain like every other sense su-h su as seeing hearing etc Is III localized In pain cells cells- mostly on the skin anti and scattered scattered scat scat- throughout the tIe body Tl TIe They ey are lire mostly found on In the surface because there Is where era ara Oh most moat t needed nedell as watch dogs of our h health and safety safelY Another ther reason why pain has hos been confused with t feeling Is that most pains are ore unpleasant and unpleasantness unpleasant ness Is a 0 feeling Feelings of pleasantness pleasant ness and unpleasantness are ore the accompaniments ac oc- of all sensory experience ence of at e we see hear hor feel teel or touch Some colors look good goud to 10 us others look ugly i musical notes are pleasant scraping shrill loud noises are decidedly unpleasant i soft smooth velvety objects are pleasant to the touch clammy cold ragged sharp on an even surfaces are ore unpleasant Although AlthO most pains are unpleasant some Borne are neutral and a few tew are positively lively pl I nt If It you ou cannot connot think of ofa ofa a pleasant pain recall the sensation of poking a sore flore thumb to enjoy the pain Pain then Is not a n feeling It Is a sensation It Is usually accompanied by br a feeling of ot unpleasantness but bUI may maybe maybe be neutral or pleasant at times We have hae pain to warn worn us of ot approaching danger and aud harm Pain s our greatest greatest great est friend In the struggle for tor existence In avoiding pain we are compelled to remove the deadly onuses erel In E bY br McClure Newspaper Syndicate 11 t n O |