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Isolation in illness can be more harmful than the disease itself.
From The Forgotten Room: Inside a Public Patient Hospital by Dan Baum
The emperor of all maladies is the disease called cancer.
Understanding the code of life allows us to tackle diseases.
From The Code Breaker by Walter Isaacson
The great discovery of the cholera epidemic was that the disease was not a miasma, but a contagion.
From The Ghost Map by Steven Johnson
Understanding the spread of disease is not just about the germs; it's about the people.
From The Ghost Map by Steven Johnson
Epidemic diseases shaped the destinies of human societies throughout history.
From Guns, Germs, and Steel by Jared Diamond
Cancer is not a disease, it is a process.
The spread of germs and diseases had a profound impact on human societies.
From Guns, Germs, and Steel by Jared Diamond