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...Cartesian model of pain, like the Cartesian model of consciousness, began to be seriously challenged in the 60s. In 1965, Ronald Melzack and Patrick Wall proposed the "gate-control" model of pain, which involved a gate in the spinal cord that could increase or decrease pain impulses. What was most revolutionary about the model was not the idea of the gate per se, but the contention that the gate was controlled not just by sensory impulses, but signals that came from the brain, signals, for example, like emotions. How we felt could control what we felt...
There's plenty of regulars, like 24-year-old David B. Melzack of Somerville, who comes in after work for a couple beers and to watch a ballgame on one of the 12 televisions in the upstairs...
...really well-known, so there's always a seat at the bar," Melzack says, while nursing his draft, reading the newspaper and taking a drag of a cigarette...
...looks like a scene straight out of 'Goodfellas,'" Melzack says...
...rubbing, it seems, has its purpose, and one can get considerable relief by massaging or patting a sore area, just as one can relieve itching by scratching or slapping. In 1965 two researchers, Patrick Wall and Ronald Melzack, devised a brilliant theory to explain this effect: the gate-control theory of pain. According to them, only a limited amount...