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by tchalla·4y ago·view on hn ↗
> After the initial fear of a cancer prognosis, Arline was diagnosed with lymphatic tuberculosis in 1941, possibly contracted from unpasteurized milk.

I want to take a step back and realise how far humans have come in 80 years.

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It always irks me how people bash modern food and its safety and glorify all the natural handmade and handpreserved food. Literally zero respect for painstakingly developed processes that save life and health of hundreds of thousands people on daily basis.
Here here. What a great thing to no longer confront in our daily lives.
Plus I believe Feynman’s baby brother died from an infected hangnail. Going off memory from Gleick’s book, so please correct if slightly off.