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One cannot separate the health of the individual from the health of the community, from the health of the world.

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Patch Adams
Age: 79
Born: 1945
Born: May 28
Diplomat
Physician
Washington
District of Columbia
Individual
Cannot
World
Separate
Health
Community

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