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> [To gastroenterologists, the concept of a germ causing ulcers was like saying that the Earth is flat.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barry-marshall/to-gastroenterologists-the-concept-of-a-germ-causing-ulcers-was-like/)

[Barry Marshall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barry-marshall/)

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## More by Barry Marshall

> [In high school I had B's and C's, not too many A's, but I must have done well on that medical school test, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barry-marshall/in-high-school-i-had-b-s-and-c-s-not-too-many-a-s-but-i-must-have/)

[Barry Marshall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barry-marshall/)

> [I was hoping I was going to get an ulcer. I was hoping to boost my research career by developing a bleeding ulcer.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barry-marshall/i-was-hoping-i-was-going-to-get-an-ulcer-i-was-hoping-to-boost-my/)

[Barry Marshall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barry-marshall/)

> [Dad always explained the car engine when he repaired it, and he had many technical books, so I was making electromagnets by age eight…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barry-marshall/dad-always-explained-the-car-engine-when-he-repaired-it-and-he-had/)

[Barry Marshall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barry-marshall/)

> [If you say you are the Safe Food Foundation, that means you're implying that your food is safer or that every other bit of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barry-marshall/if-you-say-you-are-the-safe-food-foundation-that-means-you-re/)

[Barry Marshall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barry-marshall/)

> [In medical school, it's quite possible to get taught that you can diagnose everybody and treat everything. But then you get out in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barry-marshall/in-medical-school-it-s-quite-possible-to-get-taught-that-you-can/)

[Barry Marshall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barry-marshall/)

> [I was born in 1951 in Kalgoorlie, a prosperous mining town 370 miles east of Perth, Western Australia. Kalgoorlie was a gold rush town…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barry-marshall/i-was-born-in-1951-in-kalgoorlie-a-prosperous-mining-town-370-miles/)

[Barry Marshall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barry-marshall/)

> [It was so frustrating to see ulcer patients having surgery, or even dying, when I knew a simple antibiotic treatment could fix the problem.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barry-marshall/it-was-so-frustrating-to-see-ulcer-patients-having-surgery-or-even/)

[Barry Marshall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barry-marshall/)

> [To gastroenterologists, the concept of a germ causing ulcers was like saying that the Earth is flat.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barry-marshall/to-gastroenterologists-the-concept-of-a-germ-causing-ulcers-was-like/)

[Barry Marshall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barry-marshall/)

> [If humans evolved in a tiny area of Africa, they only saw plants and animals within a 100-kilometre radius for a million years. When…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barry-marshall/if-humans-evolved-in-a-tiny-area-of-africa-they-only-saw-plants-and/)

[Barry Marshall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barry-marshall/)

> [My mother was a nurse, and in her era, most diseases weren't understood; people put mustard plasters on knees and rubbed camphor on your…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barry-marshall/my-mother-was-a-nurse-and-in-her-era-most-diseases-weren-t-understood/)

[Barry Marshall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barry-marshall/)

> [The politics have always been difficult in medicine. There is some truth in the way medical practice is portrayed in TV dramas.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barry-marshall/the-politics-have-always-been-difficult-in-medicine-there-is-some/)

[Barry Marshall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barry-marshall/)

> [You can always find stress in someone's life if you want to. You ask a few questions, and eventually, it's, 'Yes, I admit, I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barry-marshall/you-can-always-find-stress-in-someone-s-life-if-you-want-to-you-ask-a/)

[Barry Marshall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barry-marshall/)

> [The 20th-century ulcer epidemic was a sign of good health in American people - good diet, strong acidity and healthy immune response actually make…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barry-marshall/the-20th-century-ulcer-epidemic-was-a-sign-of-good-health-in-american/)

[Barry Marshall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barry-marshall/)

> [I am told by others that I have a lateral-thinking, broad approach to problems, sometimes to my detriment. In school, my grades always suffered…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barry-marshall/i-am-told-by-others-that-i-have-a-lateral-thinking-broad-approach-to/)

[Barry Marshall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barry-marshall/)

> [There is no other prize in any country that carries the prestige that a Nobel bestows.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barry-marshall/there-is-no-other-prize-in-any-country-that-carries-the-prestige-that/)

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