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“The task of science is to stake out the limits of the knowable, and to center consciousness within them.”

Quote by Rudolf Virchow

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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. more

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