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title: "4 Patrick David Wall Quotes"
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# Patrick David Wall

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Patrick David Wall was a British neuroscientist described as 'the world's leading expert on pain' and best known for the gate control theory of pain.

##  Quotes by Patrick David Wall

> [Hopefully we are emerging from an era of fantasy explanations for real phenomena. The authors certainly have to face a community of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-david-wall/hopefully-we-are-emerging-from-an-era-of-fantasy-explanations-for/)

[Patrick David Wall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-david-wall/)

[Committed](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/committed/)

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> [Even the clearest localization of pain in one area may, in fact, be originating from a distant area … The reference of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-david-wall/even-the-clearest-localization-of-pain-in-one-area-may-in-fact-be/)

[Patrick David Wall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-david-wall/)

[Areas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/areas/)

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> [There is a groan that unites men and women, rich and poor, in any nation. These muscle pains are "explained" in every…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-david-wall/there-is-a-groan-that-unites-men-and-women-rich-and-poor-in-any/)

[Patrick David Wall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-david-wall/)

[Adequate](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/adequate/)

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> [The labeling of nociceptors as pain fibers was not an admirable simplification, but an unfortunate trivialization under the guise of simplification.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-david-wall/the-labeling-of-nociceptors-as-pain-fibers-was-not-an-admirable/)

[Patrick David Wall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-david-wall/)

[Admirable](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/admirable/)

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