Brain Glide

The origin of the placebo can be traced back to a nurse in World War 2. When the U.S. army's morphine supply level is low, she would inject wounded soldiers with salt water and reassured them that the potent painkiller would soon take effect. Henry Beecher, the anesthetist the nurse was assisting, was amazed to see how those soldiers soon find relief and was thus prevented from entering shock. Of course, Beecher didn't know what alleviated the pain and the mechanism behind its release. But as any good scientist would do, he began to question the effectiveness of the painkillers he