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If the doctor of today does not become the dietician of tomorrow, the dietician of today will become the doctor of tomorrow.

Alexis Carrel

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Alexis Carrel
Age: 71 †
Born: 1873
Born: June 28
Died: 1944
Died: August 21
Biologist
Physiologist
Sociologist
Surgeon
Mont-Chalier
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Doctors
Tomorrow
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The secret of life is to be found in life itself, in the full organic, intellectual and spiritual activities of our body.
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Prayer, like radium, is a luminous and self-generating form of energy.
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Men grow when inspired by a high purpose, when contemplating vast horizons. The sacrifice of oneself is not very difficult for one burning with the passion for a great adventure.
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The search for God is indeed, an entirely personal undertaking.... the most audacious adventure that one can dare.
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As to virtue . . . it is an act of the will, a habit which increases the quantity, intensity and quality of life. It builds up, strengthens and vivifies personality.
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The atmosphere of libraries, lecture rooms and laboratories is dangerous to those who shut themselves up in them too long. It separates us from reality like a fog.
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Science has to be understood in its broadest sense, as a method for apprehending all observable reality, and not merely as an instrument for acquiring specialized knowledge.
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Those who do not know how to fight worry die young.
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In man, the things which are not measurable are more important than those which are measurable.
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Patients have been cured almost instantaneously of...lupus...,cancer ...,ulcers..., tuberculosis ...In a few seconds, at most a few hours, the symptoms disappear and the anatomic lesions mend. The miracle is characterized by extreme acceleration of the normal process of healing.
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