Effects vary with the conditions which bring them to pass, but laws do…

Claude Bernard
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Effects vary with the conditions which bring them to pass, but laws do not vary. Physiological and pathological states are ruled by the same forces; they differ only because of the special conditions under which the vital laws manifest themselves. ✨ Claude Bernard Experimental Medicine, Transaction Publishers
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