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Comforts and syphilis are the greatest enemies of mankind.

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Alexis Carrel
Age: 71 †
Born: 1873
Born: June 28
Died: 1944
Died: August 21
Biologist
Physiologist
Sociologist
Surgeon
Mont-Chalier
Syphilis
Comforts
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Comfort
Mankind
Greatest
Enemy

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