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Microbiologist

Rene Dubos, a microbiologist, was born on February 20, 1901, and passed away on the same day in 1982. He made significant contributions to the field of microbiology, particularly in the research and application of antibiotics. Dubos' work had a profound impact on medicine and public health.

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“What happens in the mind of man is always reflected in the disease of his body.”

Men Mind Body Happens Disease

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“Men are naturally most impressed by diseases which have obvious manifestations, yet some of their worst enemies creep on them unobtrusively.”

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“...Search for the cause may be a hopeless pursuit because most disease states are the indirect outcome of a constellation of circumstances.”

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“To ward off disease or recover health, people as a rule find it easier to depend on healers than to attempt the more difficult task of living wisely.”

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“The mechanisms of vis medicatrix naturæ—the most healing power of nature—are so effective that most diseases are self-terminating.”

Self Healing Health Disease Mechanism Power Of Nature

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“Eradication of microbial disease is a will-o'-the-wisp; pursuing it leads into a morass of hazy biological concepts and half truths.”

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“... each type of civilization has had diseases peculiar to it and at each period the various social groups in any community also have differed in this regard.”

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“It is a disturbing fact that Western civilization, which claims to have achieved the highest standard of health in history, finds itself compelled to spend ever-increasing sums for the control of disease.”

Facts Health Civilization Disease Highest Standards Claims Western Compelled Disturbing Western Civilization

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“Clearly, health and disease cannot be defined merely in terms of anatomical, physiological, or mental attributes. Their real measure is the ability of the individual to function in a manner acceptable to himself and to the group of which he is a part.”

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“But solving problems of disease is not the same thing as creating health and happiness. (...) Health and happiness are the expression of the manner in which the individual responds and adapts to the challenges that he meets in everyday life.”

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“But too often the goal of the planners is a universal gray state of health corresponding to absence of disease rather than to a positive attribute conducive to joyful and creative living. This kind of health will not rule out and may even generate another form of ill, the boredom which is the penalty of a formula of life where nothing is left unforeseen.”

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“The very process of living is a continual interplay between the individual and his environment, often taking the form of a struggle resulting in injury or disease.”

Life Form Individual Process Struggle Environment Disease Injury

Book:Mirage of Health: Utopias, Progress, and Biological Change

Source: Mirage of Health: Utopias, Progress, and Biological Change

About the Author

Born: February 20, 1901
Died: February 20, 1982
Known for: Microbiologist
Quotes: 51

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Mirage of Health: Utopias, Progress, and Biological ChangeRelated source material

Only One Earth: The Care and Maintenance of a Small Planet: an Unofficial Report Commissioned by the Secretary-General of the United Nations Conference on the Human EnvironmentRelated source material

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