Paolo Procacci
Institute of I Clinica Medica-Faculty of Medicine and Surgery University of Florence
Marco Maresca
Institute of I Clinica Medica-Faculty of Medicine and Surgery University of Florence
Keywords:
Pain , Concept , 17th Century , History
Abstract
The 17th Century is very important in the historyof sensation and pain. Philosophers, as Descartes, Hobbes, Spinoza, defined a new philophy of science. Physicians of the iatro-chemical School introduced the first principles of biochemistry, tied to the sensations. Physicians of the iatro-mechanical School postulated a really modern concept: the importance of nerve juices in sensibility and pain.
