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Anne Harrington and Charles Rosenberg   look back at the history of medicine in "A Different Way to Heal"
Andrew Leuchter   studies how placebos affect depression in "Brainwaves Lift the Blues"
Jon Stoessl   uses placebos to help Parkinson's patients in "Expectation Pays"
Ronald Turner   investigates possible cold remedies in "Snuffing the Sniffles"
Ted Kaptchuk   examines the curative art of medicine in "Healing Rituals"

 

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