Disease may also be thought of as the negation of the normal. William Thomas Councilman More Quotes by William Thomas Councilman More Quotes From William Thomas Councilman Disease may be defined as "A change produced in living things in consequence of which they are no longer in harmony with their environment." William Thomas Councilman environmental may science There is no force inherent in living matter, no vital force independent of and differing from the cosmic forces; the energy which living matter gives off is counterbalanced by the energy which it receives. William Thomas Councilman independent life science