When humour becomes painful

Satire, irony and humour have long been features of Persian literature’s rich tradition, taking various forms from the coarse and obscene to the subtle and refined. Humou...

Abstract This volume is part of the “What Do I Do Now” Pain Management series, presenting clinical scenarios related to painful syndromes affecting the upper limb. T...

Coccygodynia, or coccygeal pain, is also known as coccydynia, coccalgia, or coccygalgia. It is a painful syndrome affecting the coccyx (tailbone). It is relatively uncommon, and ma...

Some people feel that life is meaningless because there is so much suffering in the world. The chapter criticizes three arguments by Schopenhauer for the painfulness of life: the a...

Introduction - Anaphylaxis - Apnoea, stridor, and airway obstruction - Cardiopulmonary arrest - Major trauma - The shocked child - The unconscious child - Abdominal pain - Accident...

This chapter contains 26 questions relevant for the Pediatric Subspecialty Exam about the topic of painful disease states....

This chapter provides the Latin text and a literal translation into English of the section on prayers for eloquence in Juvenal’s tenth satire and a detailed critical appreciation o...

Ali Smith is one of the most exuberant and Ovidian of contemporary writers, as was revealed particularly by her rewriting of the myth of Iphis and Ianthe in Girl Meets Boy. This ch...