“If someone has a pain in his hand…. one does not comfort the hand, but the sufferer: one looks into his face”
Philosophical Investigations, 1953
“If someone has a pain in his hand…. one does not comfort the hand, but the sufferer: one looks into his face”
Philosophical Investigations, 1953
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Biopsychosocial medicine at its best, the being and not the object……..
What a mind!
When a person with back pain is lying on their stomach with their face hidden, it is easy to fall into the trap to think that their back needs comforting with heat, touch, needles, electricity – whatever.
Wittgenstein’s quote should be in the top 10 quotes for rehab undergraduates.
David