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Diseases Quotes by Jared Diamond
- Not until the beginning of the 20th century did Europe's urban populations finally become self-sustaining: before then, constant immigration of healthy peasants from the countryside…
- Measles and TB evolved from diseases of our cattle, influenza from a disease of pigs, and smallpox possibly from a disease of camels. The Americas…
- Livestock adopted in Africa were Eurasian species that came in from the north. Africa's long axis, like that of the Americas, is north/south rather than…
- It's striking that Native Americans evolved no devastating epidemic diseases to give to Europeans, in return for the many devastating epidemic diseases that Indians received…
- Infectious diseases introduced with Europeans, like smallpox and measles, spread from one Indian tribe to another, far in advance of Europeans themselves, and killed an…
- We know from our recent history that English did not come to replace U.S. Indian languages merely because English sounded musical to Indians' ears. Instead,…
More Diseases Quotes
- The health of the people is of supreme importance. All measures looking to their protection against the spread of contagious diseases and… — Chester A. Arthur
- At times in my life, I have been utterly lonely. At other times, I've had disgusting infectious diseases. Try admitting these things… — Martha Beck
- Publicity is justly commended as a remedy for social and industrial diseases. Sunlight is said to be the best of disinfectants; electric… — Louis D. Brandeis
- I think all Americans believe in human rights. And health is an often overlooked aspect of basic human rights. And it's one… — Jimmy Carter
- Doctors and nurses, with their training and their experiences, they would be able to detect unusual patterns of disease. That's why we… — Margaret Chan
- A health system that lacks commodities for managing high-mortality infectious diseases and the main killers of mothers and young children will not… — Margaret Chan
- HIV AIDS is a disease with stigma. And we have learned with experience, not just with HIV AIDS but with other diseases,… — Margaret Chan
- Stem cell research holds out the promise of finding cures and treatments for a wide range of diseases. — Tom Allen
- We are a caring nation, and our values should also guide us on how we harness the gifts of science. New medical… — George W. Bush
- Mathematics is like childhood diseases. The younger you get it, the better. — Arnold Sommerfeld
- It is important to go into work you would like to do. Then it doesn't seem like work. You sometimes feel it's… — Gertrude B. Elion
- Since World War II, Japan has spawned enormous numbers of new religions featuring the supernatural.... In Thailand, diseases are treated with pills… — Carl Sagan