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The Schmidt Pain Index
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Schmidt created the pain index to provide the world with a way to measure the pain caused by insect stings. It was important to him to describe the pain accurately and objectively.
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The Schmidt Sting Pain Index is a scale created by Justin Schmidt to numerically classify the amount of pain associated with the stings from different insects, which helped him to understand the correlation between the amount of damage done and the amount of pain inflicted.
01:03 - 02:45 (01:42)
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The Schmidt Sting Pain Index is a scale created by Justin Schmidt to numerically classify the amount of pain associated with the stings from different insects, which helped him to understand the correlation between the amount of damage done and the amount of pain inflicted.
ChapterThe Schmidt Pain Index
EpisodeShort Stuff: Schmidt Stinging Pain Index
PodcastStuff You Should Know
Two individuals reminisce about their college days, discussing the University of Georgia campus and the publication of the first index there in the 1980s.
02:45 - 03:41 (00:55)
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Two individuals reminisce about their college days, discussing the University of Georgia campus and the publication of the first index there in the 1980s.
ChapterThe Schmidt Pain Index
EpisodeShort Stuff: Schmidt Stinging Pain Index
PodcastStuff You Should Know
The Schmidt Pain Index is a catalog of insect stings, ranked by level of discomfort, as created by entomologist Justin O. Schmidt.
03:41 - 04:34 (00:53)
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The Schmidt Pain Index is a catalog of insect stings, ranked by level of discomfort, as created by entomologist Justin O. Schmidt. Schmidt endured on a cross-country road trip with his wife and was stung by over 1,000 insects while cataloging the different species.