I bought a book today. I don't like to buy them. I already have far too many, lots of them I have not downloaded, opened or read. It is published by the Mayo Clinic Press. It is called "The Nocebo Effect", subtitled "when words make you sick". You probably know about placebos, where an empty pill capsule given with high level assurance that it will cure your cold results in no cold in a couple of days. Nocebos do the opposite, make you sick.
I read a novel where a South American medicine man casts a spell on a man so that he will die if he stands up. I can't remember the author or title but it is an example of a no-see-bo effect.
