Many years ago I read a book called The Gift of Pain. Whilst quite biblical, it was written by a doctor and his observations of people who suffer from leprosy. Which is quite a weird disease but I seem to recall that loss of “touch” is the only sense that will ultimately kill you.
There's a great book by Ashley Montagu called Touching. It is literally true that infants deprived of touch will die, even if they're fed and kept warm.
Many years ago I read a book called The Gift of Pain. Whilst quite biblical, it was written by a doctor and his observations of people who suffer from leprosy. Which is quite a weird disease but I seem to recall that loss of “touch” is the only sense that will ultimately kill you.
There's a great book by Ashley Montagu called Touching. It is literally true that infants deprived of touch will die, even if they're fed and kept warm.