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He saw the origins of illness. And in many cases he saw family here too, the hereditary nature of these conditions bearing a whisper of those who had gone before. History and family carrying on into the present, into the future, and he never failed to be fascinated, to reflect that our upbringing is apparent not just in our manners or mannerisms or speech, it is there too on a cellular level, proving its presence on an acetate sheet, aid against a lightbox, fifty years after our birth.
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