Joanna Bourke 
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The Complex History of Pain: An Interview with Joanna Bourke
by Robin Lindley
In her groundbreaking new book "The Story of Pain: From Prayer to Painkillers," renowned British historian Joanna Bourke explores how the understanding of the human sensation of pain has evolved over the past three centuries in the English-speaking world.
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