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Of all the problems which were open to me for study, typhus was the most urgent and the most unexplored. We knew nothing
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"Of all the problems which were open to me for study, typhus was the most urgent and the most unexplored. We knew nothing of the way in which contagion spread"

- Charles Jules Henry Nicolle

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In this quote, Charles Jules Henry Nicolle is revealing his interest in studying the issue of typhus, an extremely contagious and deadly illness. He describes that out of all the concerns he might have picked to research study, typhus stood apart as the most important and yet the most uncharted. This suggests that there was a lack of knowledge and comprehending about the disease at the time. Nicolle stresses this by stating that they understood nothing about how the contagion of typhus was spread. This highlights the seriousness and importance of studying typhus in order to avoid its spread and discover a remedy.

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Charles Jules Henry Nicolle This quote is written / told by Charles Jules Henry Nicolle between September 21, 1866 and February 28, 1936. He was a famous Scientist from France. The author also have 12 other quotes.

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