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removing an infected tooth, we continue to experience pain in the same tooth.
In the last world war, a wounded soldier was admitted to a hospital in France. The wheel of a heavy vehicle had rolled over his foot and it was badly crushed. The soldier was almost unconscious.
After examining his foot, the doctor's had decided that the soldier's leg below the ankle would have to be amputated. There was no other way out. If the foot was not amputated, the infection would spread to his whole leg and finally the entire leg would have to be amputated. Doctors administered anaesthesia, made him unconscious and operated his leg. They separated the foot and discarded it. Thereafter the soldier was given pain-killers and made to sleep.
The soldier regained his consciousness twenty-four hours after the operation. He complained of experiencing tremendous pain in his foot which was amputated. Till now he had no idea that his foot was already amputated. He continuously complained of experiencing pain in his foot. The doctors removed the bed-sheet that covered his foot and showed him that his foot was amputated and hence there was no question of his experiencing pain there.
The soldier refused to listen. Whatever it is, but I am experiencing continuous and tremendous pain in my foot below the ankle'. Finally they called a psychiatrist. He examined him minutely and diagnosed that the nerve-cells which connect the foot with the brain cells were still active and they were causing pain to the soldier.
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