“The more I delve into natural laws – the atom, the
universe, the solid elements, molecules, the sun, and even more, the interplay
of all the mechanisms required to sustain life – I am astounded. The whole creation could collapse like a deck
of cards if just one of those factors were removed. Some people really believe that all the
design and precision in nature came about by chance, that if millions of
molecules bombard each other long enough a nerve cell and sensory ending at
exactly the right threshold will be bound to turn up. To those people I merely suggest that they
try to make one, as I did, and see what chance is up against.” - Dr. Paul Brand
Dr. Brand was the first physician to recognize that leprosy did not cause the loss of tissue, but is actually the loss of sensation that makes sufferers susceptible to injury.
In his book Where is God When It Hurts?, Philip Yancey states, “Dr. Brand received a several-million-dollar grant for the
express purpose of designing an artificial pain system… After five years of work, thousands of
man-hours, and several million dollars, Brand and his associates abandoned the
entire project… A warning system
suitable for just one hand was exorbitantly expensive, subject to frequent
mechanical breakdown, and hopelessly inadequate to interpret the profusion of
sensations… The body’s pain network
includes several hundred million sensors that function maintenance free
throughout a healthy person’s life.”
Have a little hope on me,
Roger
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