Quote by Mary Roach

“Saliva is basically filtered blood.”

— Giulia Enders

Saliva has antibacterial properties. It also has things called nerve growth factor, skin growth factor, histatins which help with wound closure. So when you…

— Mary Roach

“Don't lick the wound, you'll only infect it!”

— Kerrin Davidson

“Part I Infection Infection: Invasion by pathogenic microorganisms in a body producing subsequent tissue injury and progressing to overt disease or destruction.”

— Anonymous

“The molecules that allow microbes to catch their prey and hold on to them are likely candidates for the molecules that form the rivet…

— Neil Shubin

“Blood is thicker than water, and so is diarrhea”

— Josh Stern

Hep is a very dangerous disease that can cause a number of permanent conditions, including death, which is extremely permanent.

— Abbie Hoffman

“Here is what William Beaumont had to say about saliva: “Its legitimate and only use, in my opinion, is to lubricate the food to…

— Mary Roach

“the treatment of sewage with a chemical called carbolic acid reduced the incidence of disease among the people and cattle of a nearby small…

— Sean Patrick

“The problem with killing 99.9 percent of bacteria is that most of them protect us from the few that can make us sick.”

— Sandor Ellix Katz

“His gums stopped bleeding and his skin cleared up.”

— Graham Parke

“Nothing epitomizes the futility of human striving quite like aspartame.”

— Tom Rachman