Sensation
Inflation of a balloon in the bile duct causes through the vagus nerve, activation of the brain stem and the insular cortex, prefrontal cortex, and somatosensory cortex.
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“To know anything well involves a profound sensation of ignorance.”
—John Ruskin (1819–1900)
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—Mary Wortley, Lady Montagu (1689–1762)
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—Johan Huizinga (1872–1945)