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[It is] more important to remove adenoids from the child than it is to remove ashes from the back yard.

Charles V. Chapin

As it takes two to make a quarrel, so it takes two to make a disease, the microbe and its host.

Charles V. Chapin

Science can never be a closed book. It is like a tree, ever growing, ever reaching new heights. Occasionally the lower branches, no longer giving nourishment to the tree, slough off. We should not be ashamed to change our methods; rather we should be ashamed never to do so.

Charles V. Chapin

Charles V. Chapin

Charles V. Chapin

Born: January 17, 1856

Died: January 31, 1941 (aged 85)

Bio: Charles Value Chapin, M.D. was an American pioneer in public health research and practice during the Progressive Era. He was superintendent of health for Providence, Rhode Island between 1884 and 1932.

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