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Rudolf Ludwig Carl Virchow ( / ˈvɪərkoʊ, ˈfɪərxoʊ /; [1] German: [ˈvɪʁço], [2] also [ˈfɪʁço]; [3] 13 October 1821 – 5 September 1902) was a German physician, anthropologist, pathologist, prehistorian, biologist, writer, editor, and politician. He is known as "the father of modern pathology " and as the founder of social ...
Apr 15, 2024 · Rudolf Virchow, German pathologist and statesman, one of the most prominent physicians of the 19th century. He pioneered the modern concept of pathological processes by his application of the cell theory to explain the effects of disease in the organs and tissues of the body.
Dec 26, 2018 · Rudolf Virchow (born October 13, 1821 in Shivelbein, Kingdom of Prussia) was a German physician who made a number of strides in medicine, public health, and other fields such as archaeology. Virchow is known as the father of modern pathology—the study of disease. He advanced the theory of how cells form, particularly the idea that every cell ...
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Lived 1821 - 1902. Rudolf Virchow was an eminent pathologist and politician, widely regarded as one of the greatest and most influential physicians in history. A founding father of both pathology and social medicine, Virchow analyzed the effects of disease in various organs and tissues of the human body.
Rudolf Virchow, 1821-1902. Rudolf Virchow, a prolific and influential 19th–century German physician, pathologist, and anthropologist, is one of the founders of “social medicine.” Social medicine unites medical and political thought, and, as Virchow stated, “Medicine is a social science, and politics is nothing more than medicine on a grand scale.”
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Jun 8, 2018 · Virchow, Rudolf (1821–1902) A German pathologist and anthropologist (and also a politician of liberal views) whose studies of pathogenic organisms led him to the discovery that cells are derived from other cells, which he summarized as omnis cellula e cellula (‘every cell from a cell’).
Rudolf Virchow, (born Oct. 13, 1821, Schivelbein, Pomerania, Prussia—died Sept. 5, 1902, Berlin), German pathologist, anthropologist, and statesman. In 1847 he cofounded the pathology journal now named for him ( Virchows Archiv ). He held the first chairs of pathological anatomy at the Universities of Würzburg (1849–56) and Berlin (1856 ...
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