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Research Article Free access | 10.1172/JCI101168

STUDIES ON PAIN. A NEW METHOD FOR MEASURING PAIN THRESHOLD: OBSERVATIONS ON SPATIAL SUMMATION OF PAIN

J. D. Hardy, H. G. Wolff, and H. Goodell

Russell Sage Institute of Pathology, in affiliation with the New York Hospital, New York

Department of Medicine, Cornell University Medical College, New York

Department of Psychiatry, Cornell University Medical College, New York

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Russell Sage Institute of Pathology, in affiliation with the New York Hospital, New York

Department of Medicine, Cornell University Medical College, New York

Department of Psychiatry, Cornell University Medical College, New York

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Russell Sage Institute of Pathology, in affiliation with the New York Hospital, New York

Department of Medicine, Cornell University Medical College, New York

Department of Psychiatry, Cornell University Medical College, New York

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Published July 1, 1940 - More info

Published in Volume 19, Issue 4 on July 1, 1940
J Clin Invest. 1940;19(4):649–657. https://doi.org/10.1172/JCI101168.
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