Horace Wells

Horace Wells

male, deceased (1848)
circus, pain, dentist, American, chloroform, laughing gas…Painandnociception
Horace Wells was an American dentist who pioneered the use of anaesthesia in dentistry, specifically nitrous oxide (or laughing gas). Born in...
Henry Hill Hickman

Henry Hill Hickman

male, deceased (1830)
The Lancet, English, shropshire, pain, sir humphry davy, carbon dioxide…Painandnociception
Henry Hill Hickman (January 27, 1800 - April 2, 1830) was born to tenant farmers at Lady Halton, (near Bromfield, Shropshire). He began his medical...
Arthur Kleinman

Arthur Kleinman

male, 68 years old
Anthropologist, Harvard University, East Asia, Medical Anthropology, Chinese culture, Michael Phillips…Painandnociception, Patients and healer in the context of culture, pain
Professor Arthur Kleinman was appointed chair of the DSM in 1991 and led the DSM into its second decade, continuing and strengthening academic...
Otfrid Foerster

Otfrid Foerster

male, deceased (1941)
Karl Wernicke, neurosurgery, Neuroscientist, Neurologist, brain tumor, neurology…pain, Painandnociception
Otfrid Foerster was a German neurologist and neurosurgeon, who made innovative contributions to neurology and neurosurgery, such as rhizotomy for...
Jon Kabat-Zinn

Jon Kabat-Zinn

male, 65 years old
mindfulness, author, wherever you go there you are, American health and wellness writer, American spiritual writer, Coming to Our Senses…Painandnociception, chronic pain, pain
Jon Kabat-Zinn (born June 5, 1944) is Professor of Medicine Emeritus and founding director of the Stress Reduction Clinic and the Center for...
Charlie Zaa

Charlie Zaa

male, 31 years old
Christian, salsa music, Solo Artist, artistic, paparazzi, photos…Painandnociception, pain
Carlos Alberto Sánchez, better known in the entertainment world as Charlie Zaa, is a Colombian singer who has gained fame across Latin America and a...

Jeffrey Brantley

male
Duke University faculty, clinical depression, Duke University, mindfulness meditation, Calming Your Anxious Mind, Duke Department of Psychiatry…pain, Painandnociception
Jeffrey Brantley, MD is a consulting associate in the Duke Department of Psychiatry and the founder and director of the Mindfulness-Based Stress...
Carol Weihrer

Carol Weihrer

female
pain, eye removal surgery, anesthesia awareness, recurrent corneal erosion, Painandnociception, Health activist…chronic pain
Carol Weihrer (born ~1951) is an activist for victims of anesthesia awareness. Beginning in 1989, Weiher suffered chronic pain from recurrent...

Bob Flanagan

male, deceased (1996)
Sheree Rose, The Kid Is A Man, from New York City, California State University, Long Beach, University of California, Irvine, The Groundlings…pain, Painandnociception
Bob Flanagan (December 27 1952-January 4 1996) was an American writer, poet, musician, performance artist, and comic. He was born in New York City...
Paul McCrane

Paul McCrane

male, 48 years old
Dr. Robert Romano, 24 Day 6, ER actor, cancer, the blob, robocop…Painandnociception, pain, A Year and a Day actor
Paul David McCrane (born January 19, 1961) is a Grammy Award-nominated American movie, television and theatre actor, as well as an occasional...