Pain Mechanisms

Section One Preclinical Data.- I. The Anatomy of Pain Pathways.- II. The Cutaneous Receptor and the Concept of "Specificity".- III. The Physiology of Pain.- IV. The Psychology of Pain.- Section Two Clinical Syndromes.- V. Causalgia and Reflex Paralysis.- VI. Minor Causalgia.- VII. Post-traumatic Pain Syndromes.- VIII. Chronic Low Back Disability.- IX. Facial Neuralgias.- X. Phantom Limb Pain.- XI. Technic.- Section Three Interpretations.- XII. Protopathic Pain.- XIII. Hyperalgesia.- XIV. The Sympathetic Component.- XV. The Vicious Circle.- Summary.