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John Joseph Bonica was a Sicilian American anesthesiologist and professional wrestler known as the founding father of the discipline of pain medicine. Wikipedia  

✵ 16. February 1917 – 15. August 1994
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Famous John Bonica Quotes

“I have declared war on pain.”

John Bonica

The Management of Pain (1954)

“Pain—one of the most pressing issues of out time.”

John Bonica

(1974) as quoted by Dennis C. Turk, Donald Meichenbaum, Myles Genest, Pain and Behavioral Medicine: A Cognitive-Behavioral Perspective (1983) p. 73

“No medical school has a pain curriculum…”

John Bonica

As quoted by Richard Weiner, "An interview with John J. Bonica, M.D." Pain Practitioner 1 (1989):2

“What the hell kind of conclusion can you come to there? The most important thing, from the patient's perspective, they don't talk about.”

John Bonica

After having read 14,000 pages of medical textbooks and finding only 7 1/2 pages mentioning "pain," as quoted by Latif Nasser, "The amazing story of the man who gave us modern pain relief" (2015) TED Talks

“Nearly one-third of the population has persistent or recurrent chronic pain—and of those, one-half to two-thirds are either partially or totally disabled for periods of days, weeks, or months, and sometimes permanently.”

John Bonica

As quoted by Melinda Blau, "Conquering Pain: New Treatments, New Hope," New York Magazine (Mar 22, 1982)

“The crucial role of psychological and environmental factors in causing pain in a significant number of patients only recently received attention. As a consequence, there has emerged a sketch plan of pain apparatus with its receptors, conducting fibers, and its standard function which is to be applicable to all circumstances. But… in doing so, medicine has overlooked the fact that the activity of this apparatus is subject to the a constantly changing influence of the mind.”

John Bonica

The Management of Pain (1954) Preface to 1st edition

“The proper management of pain remains, after all, the most important obligation, the main objective, and the crowning achievement of every physician.”

John Bonica

The Management of Pain (1954)

“If I wasn't as busy as I am… I would be a completely disabled guy.”

John Bonica

as quoted by Latif Nasser, "The amazing story of the man who gave us modern pain relief" (2015) TED Talks

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