Although relatively new in Western medicine‚ acupuncture was developed over 3‚000 years ago in China. Used to treat just about everything from nausea to pain‚ acupuncture has become one of the most popular‚ and most intriguing‚ medical treatments at the moment. If you’re suffering from chronic pain‚ you might be considering trying this ancient‚ and often effective‚ practice‚ but first‚ you may be interested in finding how and why it works. How Acupuncture Works Acupuncture is based on the traditional
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Descartes’ "Wax Passage" Later in his second meditation‚ as Descartes begins to doubt his own conclusion that he exists as a thinking thing‚ he goes into an elaborate analogy known as his "wax passage". Comparing the wax to his knowledge of himself‚ he begins by discussing the physical characteristics which can be known by means of the senses. However‚ the importance lies in the fact that by heating‚ the wax can be altered and the sensible properties are no longer the same. He then goes on to
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my hand reaches for the metal bucket.I squeeze the side of my rib in hopes of lessening the pain but it gets worse. It gets really worse. Unable to bear it any longer‚my knees buckle and I fall on the hardwood floor.My hands grip my sides‚hoping to stop the sudden pain‚but my attempts are futile. My bones crack as I crouch down in agony.But I know I can’t stay on the floor any longer.So despite my pain‚I crawl slowly towards the fire place and remove the remaining ashes.The cracking of my ligaments
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Rene Descartes was a French philosopher that lived from 1596 to 1650. He was rather famous for his works‚ which were published majorly after his death. In this paper‚ I will be arguing Descartes’ method of doubt as well as evaluating his approach to finding the truth of all knowledge. In his Discourse on Method‚ Descartes confessed that at first he believed that to obtain clarity and knowledge one must master their studies and learn as much as possible from the sciences but then he realized he
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According to Descartes‚ the reason for hyperbolic doubt is to handle what he believes to be doubting everything. He feels if you were to doubt everything‚ you will a better base for true knowledge. He uses the example of Illusions‚ Dreams‚ and Evil Demons. Since Illusions and Dreams are a part of evil demons‚ if you were to defeated the evil demon you would also conquer Illusions and dreams. Descartes also explains if God were to exist‚ he wouldn’t allow an Evil Demon to trick us. Descartes begins to
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Pain is a multidimensional phenomenon that varies with each individual and each painful experience (Watson‚ Garfinkel‚ Gallop‚ Stevens‚ & Strenier‚ 2000). Within the past 20 years there have been dramatic advances in pain control (Carr‚ 1997). However‚ under treatment of pain continues to be a major public health problem (Berry & Dahl‚ 2000). McCaffery and Pasero (1999) noted that barriers to pain management are numerous and complex. The aim of this critical analysis is to explore some barriers
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Cancer Pain Management Cancer Pain Management Cancer is rapidly becoming a chronic illness‚ and an estimated that 10 million individuals in the United States are survivors of cancer (Sun‚ Borneman‚ Piper‚ Koczywas‚ & Ferrell‚ 2008). According to 2008‚ cancer statistics from the American Cancer Society‚ about 565‚650 people die in the United States from cancer every year. Approximately 1.6 million new cases of cancer are expected to be diagnosed in the United
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I must admit that I do not fully understand why Lewis chose to include a chapter about animal pain in this book. To me it has no value in his argument about why Man must suffer the problem of pain‚ and seems to not expand the subject at all. While I find this chapter unnecessary‚ I cannot honestly say that upon further readings‚ discussions or thoughts‚ that my opinion will not change‚ but that at the present time this chapter seems wholly out of place in his argument. Lewis closes the book with
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Descartes Principle In the Third Meditation‚ Descartes believes that he is was created by God and God is an infinite being. He mentions as one of his proofs that “there must be at least as much formal reality in the cause of an idea as there is objective reality in the idea itself.” Many people would not know what this means. It means that anything that causes an idea must be at least as actual as what the idea is about. For example‚ if i have an idea that my house is red‚ the cause of my idea would
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Lusk Defintion Essay Pain No matter who you are‚ what you have and what you’ve achieved in life‚ we’ve all felt pain somewhere in our life. What is pain? Pain is one of the six universal emotions alongside happiness‚ sadness‚ surprise‚ fear‚ disgust and anger. The majority of these emotions indicate a form of pain. Pain is an emotion that feels like a catastrophic turn of events in our body that has damaged a part of our personal life like our world has fallen apart. Pain is an emotion that’s unavoidable
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