Posted: May 26, 2010 1:28 pm
Shrunk wrote:Elena wrote:Shrunk wrote: This was echoed by Rudolph Virchow (Father of Pathology), who said :
"If I could live my life over again, I would devote it to proving that [b]germs seek their natural habitat, diseased tissue, rather than being the cause of the diseased tissue; e.g., mosquitoes seek the stagnant water, but do not cause the pool to become stagnant." [/b]
With mosquitoes not being germs-- and not looking for a host, but for a place to lay eggs...
I assume Virchow meant that as an analogy.
Right. The problem is that with germs being so prevalent worldwide, why not steer from mosquitoes and water --and make instead an analogy based on pathogenic microorganisms?
In any event, in context Dr. Malik's quote, misattributed though it is, makes it even clearer what her position is: Germs don't cause disease any more than mosquitoes cause stagnant water. I wonder if she washes her hands before she eats?
Worrisome, I agree.