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By Roselyne Rey. 394 pp. Cambridge, Mass., Harvard University Press, 1995. $39.95. ISBN 0-674-39967-6.

This book offers interesting reading in the philosophy of science and social psychology. It provides a brief overview of concepts of pain throughout history without maintaining strict scientific criteria for what constitutes pain. The primary goal is "clarifying the pain mechanism by providing a history of all the scientific theories and hypotheses . . . on the physiology of sensation." The author addresses the major scientific contributions and therapies for treating pain, as well as the scientific and institutional conditions under which these approaches were promulgated in France. The work of the French philosophical and medical giants is documented, including . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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