Gesundschmerz - + Healthy Hurt +

the art of being cut open, dissected with surgical precision, bony fingers clutching a scalpel, wide pupils fixed on your insides, warmth pooling in your stomach

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Shot from “Dust or destiny : a sermon from science” by Irwin A Moon; Moody Institute of Science. Publication date 1949

Saw used to amputate the Earl of Uxbridge’s leg at Waterloo, 1815

A Human Brain

experiment

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Squeezing my patient's thigh, manipulating their skin to maximize the efficacy of their shot. The smell of the alcohol wipe in both our noses, laying the foundation for what's to come. Soothing you with calm words before I bring the needle to your skin. It's okay, there's no need to worry. Not as I inject the medication into your muscle. It takes no more than twenty seconds before I'm pulling the needle from your skin and massaging the area with my free hand. Such a good patient for me.