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... our diagnosis and treatment of of tension myositis syndrome represent yet another instance of what is possible when the power of the mind is mobilized for healing the body. It's not magic it is as scientific as the appropriate use of antibiotics, for science encompasses everything that is true in nature.

John E. Sarno

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John E. Sarno
Age: 93 †
Born: 1923
Born: June 23
Died: 2017
Died: June 22
Medical Writer
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Williamsburg
Kentucky
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