[Buddha-l] How Khushwant Singh does

[Gad Horowitz]

There's still PLENTY of pain around in the cancer wards, hospices etc. etc. 
and let's not forget the torture chambers and battlefields

Keep working on progress in pain control, and good luck

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Richard Hayes" <rhayes at unm.edu>
To: "Buddhist discussion forum" <buddha-l at mailman.swcp.com>
Sent: Wednesday, August 10, 2011 12:58 PM
Subject: Re: [Buddha-l] How Khushwant Singh does


> On Aug 10, 2011, at 10:06 , Erik Hoogcarspel wrote:
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>> I don't mind going to the
>> dentist, because I know that if he does a root canal, I will not feel
>> excessive pain.
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> I am still recovering from the shock of seeing surgical and dental tools 
> on display in the Boerhaave Museum in Leiden. Some of those implements 
> were used not so long ago by surgeons who never thought of washing their 
> hands or sterilizing their instruments or giving any pain killer stronger 
> than a shot of whiskey. That was back in the good old days, when dukkha 
> was still dukkha.
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> http://www.museumboerhaave.nl/
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> Richard
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