# Textbook of Pain

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Textbook of Pain Publisher Elsevier Publication date 1984 ISBN 978-0702040597

Medical textbook

***Wall & Melzack's Textbook of Pain*** is a [medical](/source/Medicine) [textbook](/source/Textbook) published by [Elsevier](/source/Elsevier). It is named after [Patrick David Wall](/source/Patrick_David_Wall) and [Ronald Melzack](/source/Ronald_Melzack), who introduced the [gate control theory](/source/Gate_control_theory) into pain research in the 1960s. First released in 1984, the book has been described as "the most comprehensive scientific reference text in the field of pain medicine".[1]

In 1999, the book went into its fourth edition, shortly before the death of its founding editor, [Patrick David Wall](/source/Patrick_David_Wall), in 2001.[2] It is currently in its 6th edition.

## See also

- *[Practical Management of Pain](/source/Practical_Management_of_Pain)*

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** Rathmell, James P.; Hill, Bradley (June 2006). ["Wall and Melzack's Textbook of Pain, 5th E-dition"](https://doi.org/10.1213%2F01.ANE.0000220485.92210.D3). *[Anesthesia & Analgesia](/source/Anesthesia_%26_Analgesia)*. **102** (6): 1914. [doi](/source/Doi_(identifier)):[10.1213/01.ANE.0000220485.92210.D3](https://doi.org/10.1213%2F01.ANE.0000220485.92210.D3).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Patrick Wall, 76, British Authority on Pain"](https://www.nytimes.com/2001/08/21/world/patrick-wall-76-british-authority-on-pain.html). *[The New York Times](/source/The_New_York_Times)*. 21 August 2001. Retrieved 27 April 2014. He was the founding editor of Pain, the foremost journal on the subject. With Dr. Melzack he edited the authoritative *Textbook of Pain* (1983), which went into its fourth edition in 1999.

## External links

- [Wall & Melzack's *Textbook of Pain*](https://web.archive.org/web/20060613235101/http://www.textbookofpain.com/)

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