Gorry C

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ABSTRACT

A stranger proffers a smile. A friend tells a joke, eliciting a hearty laugh. Without realizing it, you're singing along to a song on the radio. Who hasn't felt the pick-me-up of a smile, song, or laugh? In 1971, Dr Hunter "Patch" Adams, (with tongue firmly in cheek), founded the Gesundheit Institute to promote laugh therapy as an important component of comprehensive clinical practice. Once considered an unconventional—and in some circles, unconvincing—approach, today, this method is taught and employed in countries as diverse as Russia, the United States, Afghanistan and Cuba.