...thence; Scntiíiüty of the Sim.— The fuller the coniider. 574 575 •II tb« mvmbranee and ligament« which cover them are exposed — they may be cut,...burned, without the patient or the animal suffering Che slightest pain. These facts muet appear to be conclusive ¡ for who, witnessing these inetances...

...warning it is for our good, if heeded and obeyed. Mark, however, a more astonishing physical fact, that when the bones, joints, and all the membranes...cut, pricked, or even burned, without the patient or animal suffering the slightest pain. A sensibility similar to that of the skin given to these internal...

...warning it is for our good, if heeded and obeyed. Mark, however, a more astonishing physical fact, that when the bones, joints, and all the membranes...cut, pricked, or even burned, without the patient or animal suffering the slightest pain. A sensibility similar to that of the skin given to these internal...

...when the bones, joints, and all the membranes and ligaments which cover them are exposed, they may he cut, pricked, or even burned, without the patient...when we take the true philosophical, and I may say, religious view of the subject, and consider that pain is not an evil, but given for benevolent purposes,...

...than if our bodies were covered with the hide of a rhinoceros. " In pursuing the inquiry," says he, " we learn, with much interest, that when the bones,...when we take the true philosophical, and, I may say, religious view of the subject, and consider that pain is not an evil, but given for benevolent purposes,...

...than if our bodies were covered with the hide of a rhinoceros. " In pursuing the inquiry," says he, " we learn, with much interest, that when the bones,...when we take the true philosophical, and, I may say, religious view of the subject, and consider that pain is not an evil, but given for benevolent purposes,...

...than if our bodies were covered with the hide of a rhinoceros. ' In pursuing the inquiry,' says he, ' we learn with much interest, that when the bones,...not conclude that the parts were devoid of sensation 1 But when we take the true philosophical, and, I may say, religious view of the subject, and consider...

...much interest, that, when the bones, joints, and all the membranes and ligaments which cover them, arc exposed, they may be cut. pricked, or even burned,...patient or the animal suffering the slightest pain." The reason is, that the pain is not needed, since no such injuries can reach the parts referred to,...

...tissue, is comparatively small. Sir Charles Bell, in his ' Bridgwater Treatise, on the Hand,' remarks, that " when the bones, joints, and all the membranes...patient or the animal suffering the slightest pain" (p. 153). It would then appear that, if the extreme sensitiveness of the skin to pain could be destroyed...

...principally while the knife is passing through the skin : when the bones, joints, and the membranes which cover them, are exposed, they may be cut, pricked, or even burned, without the patient suffering pain. Mark, however, an exception to this rule, the advantage of which is very apparent....