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Animal Crusaders • Commemorative Issue • October 2010Zoonotic ConcernDisease and lifeDisease is a fact of life. Of course,the definition of disease dependson the point of view. To humanbeings, tuberculosis is a disease.But to the tubercle bacillus,human beings are a habitat andlife source. Similarly, the earth is ahabitat and life source for humanbeings. But to the earth, humanhabitation is a disease, and humanbeings are arch parasites. To thepristine earth, the coming ofHomo sapiens signaled the onsetof a chronic, global illness, theoutcome of which is still in doubt.-From My Armchair :W.W.Armistead[Dr. Willis W. Armistead of Knoxville, Tenn.,a former American Veterinary MedicalAssociation (AVMA) president, died April18, 2006, at the age of 89. Retired in 1987as emeritus vice president of theUniversity of Tennessee, he was thefounding dean of the UT College ofVeterinary Medicine and, before that,dean of the veterinary colleges at TexasA&M (1953-1957) and Michigan State(1957-1974) universities.]Banga Sammelanconference on‘Medicine In TheMillennium’Science City,Calcutta,December 28, 199966