title: [From surgical pain to pain surgery].
abstract: From the historical viewpoint, a change of attitude towards pain and the possibilities opened up by general anesthesia from 1846 onwards were needed to bring about the advent of a surgery specialized in the cure of pain. The individual stages in this development, up to Leriche's "Chirurgie de la douleur", are illustrated by reference to the relevant sources.
mesh_terms: D000758:Anesthesia / Q000266:history*; D013502:General Surgery / Q000266:history*; D049669:History, 16th Century; D049670:History, 17th Century; D049671:History, 18th Century; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D010146:Pain / Q000266:history*
vernacular_title: Vom Operationsschmerz zur Schmerzoperation.