Paul Brand was a leading contributor to the study of leprosy, a disease that is a major scourge of the developing world. In the course of his analysis of the deformity associated with leprosy he began to realize the importance of pain as a protective mechanism for which all should be grateful. His studies of biomechanics followed from his analyses of tendon function. Brand's work on leprosy was subsequently extended to other important conditions including diabetes mellitus and spinal cord injury.
BT - Journal of medical biography C1 - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16845457?dopt=Abstract CN - BANERJEE2006 DA - 2006 Aug DO - 10.1258/j.jmb.2006.05-22 IS - 3 J2 - J Med Biogr LA - eng N2 -Paul Brand was a leading contributor to the study of leprosy, a disease that is a major scourge of the developing world. In the course of his analysis of the deformity associated with leprosy he began to realize the importance of pain as a protective mechanism for which all should be grateful. His studies of biomechanics followed from his analyses of tendon function. Brand's work on leprosy was subsequently extended to other important conditions including diabetes mellitus and spinal cord injury.
PY - 2006 SP - 136 EP - 9 T2 - Journal of medical biography TI - Paul Brand (1914-2003): the surgeon who recognized the importance of pain. VL - 14 SN - 0967-7720 ER -