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Eradication of microbial disease is a will-o'-the-wisp; pursuing it leads into a morass of hazy biological concepts and half truths.

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DDT went further toward the eradication of malariologists than of mosquitoes.

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Born: February 20, 1901
Died: February 20, 1982 (aged 81)
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