"It is not yet definitely proven that germs are essential elements in the production of any disease. It seems probable that they are only incidental and perhaps beneficial factors. However, this much is certain, whatever part they perform in the production of disease, germs alone can no more produce disease than a seed alone can produce a tree. Just as a seed must have fertile soil, moisture, warmth, air and sunlight, if it is to grow into a tree, so the germ, if it is to produce disease, must find certain essential conditions existing in the bodies of those it enters before it can do the slightest harm."
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Activists from the United StatesUnited States presidential candidates, 1956Non-fiction authors from the United StatesPacifistsPhysicians from Texas
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Human Life: Its Philosophy and Laws (How to Live Pub Co, 1928), p. 190.
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Herbert M. Shelton
Herbert McGolfin Shelton (October 6, 1895 – January 1, 1985) was an American , alternative medicine advocate, author, pacifist, vegetarian, supporter of rawism and fasting. Shelton was nominated by the to run as its candidate for President of the United States in 1956.
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