“We find in biking the fullfilment of an antique instinct: vagabondage” InstinctAntiquesBiking Author:Maurice Barres
“Medicine is a social science, and politics is nothing more than medicine on a grand scale.” SocialMedicineScalesSocial Science Author:Rudolf Virchow
“It is the curse of humanity that it learns to tolerate even the most horrible situations by habituation.” HumanitySituationHorribleCurseTolerate Author:Rudolf Virchow
“Medical education does not exist to provide students with a way of making a living, but to ensure the health of the community.” WayDoeCommunityStudentsMedicalMaking A LivingMedical Education 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.” HumansMeanProblemScienceFallSocialNaturalHuman BeingsPoorPoliticianSolutionsMedicineScalesPracticalsObligationHealthcarePhysiciansTheoreticalAttorneySocial ScienceProblems And SolutionsLarge ScaleSocial ProblemsAnthropologistsJurisdiction Author:Rudolf Virchow
“Medical statistics will be our standard of measurement: we will weigh life for life and see where the dead lie thicker, among the workers or among the privileged.” LyingStandardsWorkersMedicalStatisticsPrivilegedMeasurement Author:Rudolf Virchow
“My politics were those of prophylaxis, my opponents preferred those of palliation.” Opponents Author:Rudolf Virchow
“The physicians are the natural attorneys of the poor, and the social problems should largely be solved by them.” ShouldProblemSocialNaturalPoorPhysiciansAttorneySocial Problems Author:Rudolf Virchow
“Nothing is lost, nothing is created all is transformed. Nothing is the prey of death. All is the prey of life.” LostTransformedPrey Author:Antoine Bechamp
“The most serious disorders may be provoked by the injection of living organisms into the blood, into a medium not intended for them, may provoke redoubtable manifestations of the gravest morbid phenomena.” MaySeriousMediumsManifestationDisorderProvokingOrganismsMorbidProvokedLiving OrganismsInjection Author:Antoine Bechamp