"When many cures are offered for a disease, it means the disease is not curable" -Anton Chekhov
''Once you tell people there's a cure for something, the more likely they are to pressure doctors to prescribe it.'' -Robert Ehrlich, drug advertising executive.
"Opinions are like sphincters, everyone has one." - Chris Rangel
Ancient Microbes: A 2,000 year old leper has been unearthed in Jerusalem:
Up until now, the oldest archaeological findings of leprosy were from the Byzantine period, in the fifth century C.E.,' says Gibson. 'This is the oldest archaeological finding of leprosy in the Middle East. Leprosy is mentioned in the Bible, but until now, we could not be sure whether these biblical references are to the disease we know as leprosy, or to something else.
