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“Medicine is a social science, and politics is nothing more than medicine on a grand scale.”

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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Book:System of Positive Polity: Social statics; or, The abstract theory of human order

Source: System of Positive Polity: Social statics; or, The abstract theory of human order