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Concept

Pain

Images

  • A man cuts his finger with a knife; representing the sense of touch. Pen drawing by A. Overlaet, 1761, after D. Teniers.
  • A man applying a plaster to his hand outside in a rural setting; representing the sense of touch. Etching by J.P. Le Bas, 1736, after D. Teniers the younger.
  • When pain is severe DF118 subdues the pain but not the patient : life, death, and the British.
  • No. 1 of a series of modern flower paintings by Edmond X. Kapp : Red Anemones (1955) : contemporary treatment.
  • Real relief required : for pain of all dimensions prescribe Doxypol first.
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Catalogue

    • Books

    Pain and sensory symptoms / [written by James Bailey ;edited by Sarah Westlake].

    Bailey, James. | Date: 2006
    • Books

    Wonde(r) : de fascinatie voor het lijdende lichaam = the fascination with the suffering body / Tine Van Osselaer, Leonardo Rossi, Kristof Smeyers, Merlijn Gabel.

    Van Osselaer, Tine | Date: 2019
    • Pictures

    Christ on the way of the cross; the two Maries sorrow with the swooning Virgin. Engraving.

    | Reference: 23024i
    • Books

    The circle of life : a search for an attitude to pain, disease, old age and death / by Kenneth Walker.

    Walker, Kenneth, 1882-1966. | Date: [1942]
    • Pictures

    Domestic violence: a man beating his wife with a shoe. Watercolour drawing.

    | Reference: 27912i
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