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Disease Quote by Rene Dubos

“The very process of living is a continual interplay between…” quote by Rene Dubos — Download Open image

“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.”

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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…

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Each human being is unique, unprecedented, unrepeatable.

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