The proper management of pain remains, after all, the most important obligation, the main objective, and the crowning achievement of every physician. - John Bonica

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The proper management of pain remains, after all, the most important obligation, the main objective, and the crowning achievement of every physician.

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About John Bonica

John Joseph Bonica (February 16, 1917 - August 15, 1994) was a Sicilian American anesthesiologist and professional wrestler known as the founding father of the study of pain management.

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Alternative Names: John J. Bonica John Joseph Bonica
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The crucial role of psychological and environmental factors in causing pain in a significant number of patients only recently received attention. As a consequence, there has emerged a sketch plan of pain apparatus with its receptors, conducting fibers, and its standard function which is to be applicable to all circumstances. But... in doing so, medicine has overlooked the fact that the activity of this apparatus is subject to the a constantly changing influence of the mind.

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