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“A marine protozoan is an aqueous salty system in an aqueous salty medium, but a man is an aqueous salty system in a medium in which there is but little water and most of that poor in salts.”

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John Zachary Young
John Zachary Young

John Zachary Young was a notable figure in the field of [Unknown]. Born on March 18, 1907, and passed away on July 4, 1997. more

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