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August 1997
Volume 61 |
Number 8
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| Pain From Different
Points of View |
Miguel Colón-Morales, M.D.
For those who suffer pain, regardless of its origin, it is often
very difficult to describe it in a precise way. Many have tried
to describe, define or explain the sensation of pain because they
have suffered pain themselves or because of their scientific knowledge
of pain. These include not only physicians and scientists, but
also philosophers, politicians, novelists, essayists, musicians
and poets. These descriptive efforts, full of profound emotion
like pain itself, are worth reading and understanding, especially
by those who have never suffered that experience in severe form
but who are frequently called upon to care for the victims who
suffer such terrible condition. Both the physician and the patient
who suffer pain should always be aware of the variations in the
sensation of pain so well-illustrated by the expressions and thoughts
of the prominent writers who are quoted here and on following
pages:
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