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(  page 46 ...a report citing a study by  )
( Dr. Thomas C. Chalmers, of the Mount    )
( Sinai Medical Center in New York, which )
( compared two groups that were being     )
( used to test the theory that ascorbic   )
( acid is a cold preventative. "The group )
( on placebo who thought they were on     )
( ascorbic acid," says Dr. Chalmers, "had )
( fewer colds than the group on ascorbic  )
( acid who thought they were on placebo." )
(                                         )
( page 56 The placebo is proof that there )
( is no real separation between mind and  )
( body. Illness is always an interaction  )
( between both. It can begin in the mind  )
( and affect the body, or it can begin in )
( the body and affect the mind, both of   )
( which are served by the same            )
( bloodstream. Attempts to treat most     )
( mental diseases as though they were     )
( completely free of physical causes and  )
( attempts to treat most bodily diseases  )
( as though the mind were in no way       )
( involved must be considered archaic in  )
( the light of new evidence about the way )
( the human body functions.               )
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( -- Norman Cousins,                      )
(                                         )
( "Anatomy of an Illness as Perceived by  )
( the Patient"                            )
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