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Denis Burkitt
(28 Feb 1911 - 23 Mar 1993)
Irish surgeon and medical
researcher who first identified Burkitt's
lymphoma, and later championed the benefits of a
high-fibre diet.
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“If people are constantly falling
off a cliff, you could place ambulances
under the cliff or build a fence on the top of the cliff. We are
placing all too many ambulances under the cliff.”
— Denis Burkitt
“Western doctors are like poor
plumbers. They treat a splashing tube by cleaning
up the water. These plumbers are extremely apt at drying up the water,
constantly inventing new, expensive, and refined methods of drying up
water. Somebody should teach them how to close the tap.”
— Denis Burkitt
“The frying pan you should give to
your enemy. Food should not be prepared
in fat. Our bodies are adopted to a stone age diet of roots and
vegetables.”
— Denis Burkitt
“America is a constipated
nation.... If you pass small stools, you have to have large hospitals.”
— Denis Burkitt
“The only way we are going to
reduce disease, is to go backward to the diets and lifestyles of our
ancestors.”
— Denis Burkitt
“Attitudes
are more important than abilities
Motives are more important than methods
Character is more important than cleverness,
And the Heart takes precedence over the head.”
Motives are more important than methods
Character is more important than cleverness,
And the Heart takes precedence over the head.”
— Denis Burkitt
when asked to
autograph his book
“Diseases can rarely be eliminated
through early diagnosis or good treatment, but prevention can eliminate
disease.”
— Denis Burkitt

