CONGENITAL INDIFFERENCE TO PAIN
Authors: M CRITCHLEY
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1956)

Article1 November 1956CONGENITAL INDIFFERENCE TO PAINMACDONALD CRITCHLEY, F.R.C.P. (Lond.), F.A.C.P. (Hon.)MACDONALD CRITCHLEY, F.R.C.P. (Lond.), F.A.C.P. (Hon.)Author, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-45-5-737 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptThe condition spoken of as "congenital indifference to pain" is a rarity often discovered by chance. In the case of a child, the parents may eventually realize that a long series of injuries and illnesses has occasioned none of the suffering which would ordinarily have been expected. The subjects of congenital indifference to pain—who are in no way mentally retarded, hysterical or psychotic—present no objective anomaly of sensation. They can detect, identify and localize pinpricks, and can distinguish quite minor differences in thermal contacts. Sometimes the subject is also insensitive as to smell and taste. 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Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: London,*Presented at the Thirty-seventh Annual Session of The American College of Physicians, Los Angeles, California, April 17, 1956.Requests for reprints should be addressed to Dr. Macdonald Critchley, Senior Neurologist, Kings College Hospital, London, England. 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