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Dr. Bruce Matthews.

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‘Matthews,
researcher at the’ University.
of’. Bristol in England, has._
been studying” the charac-"*
- teristics of pain since 1966,
and, he. says, there is indeed |
a pain-killing agent at work,
even though it is not in the
pill, -

“We used to think the:
placebo effect — the using
of.a'dud drug — was caused
by the illusion of eliminating
pain,” said Matthews in an
interview while he was a
guest lecturer at the
University. of Manitoba
School of Medicine.

“Now. we know it’s the
reaction of . the body in
anticipation of help,” he
said. “The brain produces
morphine-like
that dampen down the pain.”

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only:

pain-killing —
° a “shock.

chemicals |

shows that the body. also’
produces. pain-killing drugs
during
activity,. ‘such as experienced
* by.a soldier-in‘ battle or an -
injured person in a State of

- But, Matthews says, most

pain “research. involves” that.

“old” familiar'source ‘of tor-
ment, the. toothache.

One. of ‘the. “most tan-.
.. talizing- aspects of dental
nerves, ‘said Matthews, is the
‘unique “characteristic. that,
‘regardless of what stimulates
them; the message that goes
‘to the brain is always. the
Same: pain.

“Many nerves: are linked

together in the tooth like
‘telephone wires,” he .said.
“It's’ not unreasonable to
want to signal damage.

There's no point in a little bit’

ofa signal. If there is a signal
it might as well be a

powerful: one, whereas, for -
~ example, with fingers, there .

is a need to grade the in-
formation.”

But, Matthews added,
“Right now we're asking the
question, ‘how do different
nerves in teeth differ in
response?’ How do they all
produce pain whether as a

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to ‘all. stimuli, or does one |
‘kind. ‘of: stimulis affect :-the -
“same. nerves as hot and

“Another” aspect “of... ‘the ~

_ pain | message — -the in-
terpretation of the message .
by the brain or the message
transmitted by the nerve? .

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