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German physician and one of the founders of cellular pathology, known as one of the greatest scientists in the history of medicine. He proposed the basic principles of cellular pathology, which had a profound impact on the development of modern medicine.

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Famous Rudolf Virchow Quotes

“First, it must be a pleasure to study the human body the most miraculous masterpiece of nature and to learn about the smallest vessel and the smallest fiber. But second and most important, the medical profession gives the opportunity to alleviate the troubles of the body, to ease the pain, to console a person who is in distress, and to lighten the hour of death of many a sufferer.”

“Between animal and human medicine, there is no dividing line-nor should there be.”

Should Humans Lines Animal Medicine Dividing Humans And Animals

Author:Rudolf Virchow

“'Science in itself' is nothing, for it exists only in the human beings who are its bearers. 'Science for its own sake' usually means nothing more than science for the sake of the people who happen to be pursuing it.”

People Humans Mean Happens Science Human Beings Accounts Sake

Author:Rudolf Virchow

“Medicine is a social science, and politics is nothing else but medicine on a large scale. Medicine, as a social science, as the science of human beings, has the obligation to point out problems and to attempt their theoretical solution: the politician, the practical anthropologist, must find the means for their actual solution. The physicians are the natural attorneys of the poor, and social problems fall to a large extent within their jurisdiction.”