social disease
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William Osler, often described as the father of modern medicine, put it like this: “Tuberculosis is a social disease with a medical aspect.”
From Salon ● Feb. 21, 2025
Antisemitism, like Anti-Arabism and racism, is a social disease that can be confronted only by us standing together, Syrian- and Israeli-sympathizing Americans alike.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 3, 2022
PC, though, is just the symptom of a more virulent social disease.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 6, 2016
"A kid is not going to get head lice unless he or she has friends. This is a social disease."
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2015
They are not incurable evils, they demand a remedy, and they furnish an inspiring object of study for the practitioner of social disease.
From Society Its Origin and Development by Henry Kalloch Rowe
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