Word: paines
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Sarapo, 25, only last year, when she was 46. Each misfortune marred her voice but only seemed to give new poignancy to her artistry. Despite doctors' warnings, the nearly crippled singer insisted on going on tour because she had to "sing to live." Said she: "Each pain gives something inside; the more pain you have, the more joy. Pain is an obligation...
...image. The convention of the 20th century is that a genius must be tortured. He must be physically or psychologically ill, agonizingly unsure of himself, seething with inner violence, driven by morbid fears and furies, restless beyond a dream of peace, a man who draws his breath in pain and his inspiration from despair. If he is a hero, it is in spite of his weaknesses, not because of his strengths. If this hero is a religious genius, he must display an absolute conviction of sin and guilt, a faith ever prone to anguished doubt...
...many another TV sports fan, that athletic trainers seem to get good results with a cooling ethyl chloride spray. And he knew about applying hot-water bottles filled with ice cubes. But if a little cold is good, Dr. Grant reasoned, deeper chilling might somehow ease the pain and help the accident patient get his muscles and joints working sooner. Dr. Grant was certain of one thing at least: the longer a muscle or joint is immobilized by pain, the harder it is to get it working again...
...deep chill. As they developed their technique, the medics began to use half-pound chunks of ice, frozen in cans, held in a washcloth. Patients complained of an uncomfortable chill, then of a burning sensation, then of an ache, but finally they reported a blessed numbness and easing of pain. If the injury was in a part of an arm or leg that could be dipped in water, it was dunked, then ice cubes were dropped into the water until the cycle of discomfort ended in numbness...
...Pain and terror overshadow the world...