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On the Language of Pain
Anesthesiology · 1971 · Vol. 34(1) · pp. 50–59
Ronald Melzack✉(McGill University)Warren S. Torgerson(Johns Hopkins University)
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to develop new approaches to the problem of describing and measuring pain in human subjects. Words used to describe pain were brought together and categorized, and an attempt was made to scale them on a common intensity dimension. The data show that: 1) there are many w
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AdultAnalgesicsAnestheticsDiagnosis, Computer-AssistedHumansTerminology as TopicPain
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