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On-line Exhibit: Relief of Pain and Suffering

The History & Special Collections, Louise M. Darling Biomedical 
Library, UCLA, is pleased to announce its new on-line exhibit:



RELIEF OF PAIN AND SUFFERING

<http://www.library.ucla.edu/libraries/biomed/his/PainExhibit/> 

"Although physicians have sought to alleviate pain for centuries, the 
history of pain research and modern pain treatment begins in the 1800s. 
The enigma of pain, which Albert Schweitzer called 'the most terrible 
of all the lords of mankind,' has yielded slowly to determined 
investigators and clinicians. The exhibit was prepared in conjunction 
with the symposium: Pain and Suffering in History--Narratives of  
Science, Medicine and Culture, which took place 13-14 March 1998. The 
symposium and the exhibit mark the official dedication of the John C. 
Liebeskind History of Pain Collection at the Louise M. Darling 
Biomedical Library, UCLA." [From: on-line exhibit introduction screen] 

Curators: Marcia Meldrum, Katharine Donahue, Russell Johnson, with 
   special thanks to David Gartrell
Web Design: David Yamamoto 

The Relief of Pain and Suffering exhibit was made possible through the 
generous support of the American Pain Society 
<http://www.ampainsoc.org> and the Barbara and Leon Rootenberg 
Endowment Fund <http://www.library.ucla.edu/libraries/biomed/ 
his/rooterb1.htm>.


UCLA History of Pain Project

The Project's goal is to promote and ensure the study of the history of 
pain research and pain therapy in the post-World War II era, in 
particular the origins, growth, and development of the international, 
interdisciplinary pain field. Its major initiatives to achieve this goal 
are the creation of the John C. Liebeskind History of Pain Collection 
<http://www.library.ucla.edu/libraries/biomed/his/pain.htm> at the 
Louise M. Darling Biomedical Library at UCLA and the active 
dissemination of information about the collection and the history of 
pain to appropriate audiences.
            

___________________________________________________
Russell A. Johnson        rjohnson@library.ucla.edu

Archivist              (310) 825-3191  or  206-2753
Neuroscience History Archives
Brain Research Institute, UCLA
Box 951761     Los Angeles CA  90095-1761
<http://bri.medsch.ucla.edu/archives/nhahome.htm>

Cataloger & Archivist                (310) 825-6940
History & Special Collections Division
Louise M. Darling Biomedical Library, UCLA
Box 951798     Los Angeles CA  90095-1798
<http://www.library.ucla.edu/libraries/biomed/his/hisdiv.htm>