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Pain is subsequently projected into the
wounded quarter-but the essence of this local
pain is nevertheless not the expression of a kind
of local wound: it is merely a local sign, the
strength and nature of which is in keeping with
the severity of the wound, and of which the nerve
centres have taken note.

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Why is the local pain not the expression of a kind of local wound, but merely a local sign of the severity of the wound?

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Why is the local pain not the expression of a kind of local wound, but merely a local sign of the severity of the wound?

The local pain is not the expression of a kind of local wound, but merely a local sign of the severity of the wound because pain itself is a reaction, and the reflex movement is another and earlier process. The essence of local pain is merely a local sign, the strength and nature of which is in keeping with the severity of the wound, and of which the nerve centres have taken note.