A Short History of Humor: Humor therapy appeared at the beginning of the 20th century, when it was introduced in American hospitals where clowns were brought in to cheer up children suffering from poliomyelitis. Several decades later, in 1991, psychotherapist Robert Holden opened the first clinic of
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