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Nothing is more essential in the treatment of serious disease than the liberation of the patient from panic and foreboding.

Norman Cousins

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Norman Cousins
Age: 75 †
Born: 1915
Born: June 24
Died: 1990
Died: November 30
Journalist
Literary Critic
Peace Activist
Professor
Writer
Union City
New Jersey
Serious
Panic
Nothing
Liberation
Treatment
Illness
Essential
Essentials
Patient
Disease
Foreboding

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