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Quotation from The Canon of Medicine, Book I by Ibn Sina (Avicenna)
“Remember, too, that among the advantageous contributory factors in treatment is the help afforded by anything which exalts the sensitive and vital faculties : for instance, joyfulness.”
The Canon of Medicine, Book I, Part 4, para. 922, trans. O. Cameron Gruner (1930)
Ibn Sina advises pleasing and calming the patient, and even rousing his shame, as aids to cure.
Citation: "Remember, too, that among the advantageous contributory factors in treatment is the help afforded by anything which exalts the sensitive and vital faculties : for instance, joyfulness." — Ibn Sina (Avicenna), The Canon of Medicine, Book I, Part 4, para. 922, trans. O. Cameron Gruner (1930). (id avicenna-canon-of-medicine-book-i-q8)
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