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“The mental never influences the physical. It is always the physical that modifies the mental, and when we think that the mind is diseased, it is always an illusion.”

Quote by Claude Bernard

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Claude Bernard was a French physiologist born on July 12, 1813, and died on February 10, 1878. He made significant contributions to the field of physiology, particularly in the study of the digestive system and the nervous system. more

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