Thomas Jr., 9-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. T. L. Johnson, accidentally shot himself in the top of the head with an air rifle late yesterday afternoon. The shot–a large buckshot–entered the top of his head and lodged in his skull. The Johnson boy and a number of other boys abo...
When a doctor is looking at her brain and seeing a certain pattern in there and asks her what she feels, it is not “because the pattern is not the feeling itself”; indeed, it is a normal way to know what she feels. “Knowing” is a verb such that must always imply that one may...
In 1871, as a young doctor at a mental asylum in Pavia, Italy, he autopsied the brain of Giuseppe Villela, a Calabrese peasant turned criminal, who has been described as an Italian Jack the Ripper. “At the sight of that skull,” Lombroso said, “I seemed to see all at once, stan...
2.2. Pain Neuroscience Education Provides a Common Language between Provider and Patient A gap in understanding and communication between the patient and doctor can be a barrier in the treatment of chronic pain. PNE may provide a common language to aid communication and understanding. However, ...
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“Most healthy individuals are uncomfortable with the idea of having a doctor crack open their skull.” Johnson is first to admit the difficulties Kernel must reckon with to even begin working on these types of technologies, principally the idea of working exclusively with patients who hav...