Chronic pain is more than a peripheral event

摘要

B.ennett's focus article makes 2 important contributions: 1 philosophical and the other physiological. "Spontaneous" is, of course, an absurd term to use in the description of a physiologic process.1 It is reminiscent of another odious term, "idiopathic," which my grandfather told me was "idiotic for the physician and pathetic for the patient." If one believes that a process is "spontaneous," then there is no reason to search for explanatory mechanisms. It has long been recognized that words constrain thought, so Bennett is correct in his attack on this term. Spontaneous generation of organisms or sensations is no longer an accepted explanation of biological phenomena.