Rudolf Virchow
The 'father of modern pathology,' he emphasized that diseases arise from changes in cells, not humors.
Most quoted
"The cell is the ultimate morphological unit in which there is any manifestation of life, and we must not imagine that it is a mere aggregation of elementary particles."
— from Die Cellularpathologie in ihrer Begründung auf physiologische und pathologische Gewebelehre, 1858
"The improvement of medicine would eventually prolong human life, but improvement of social conditions could achieve this result more rapidly and more successfully."
"The characteristic feature of all infectious diseases is that they are caused by the transfer of a living agent from a diseased to a healthy individual."
All quotes by Rudolf Virchow (361)
The physician must be a social reformer.
The cell is the starting point of all life.
The study of disease is the study of the cell.
The cell is the fundamental unit of life.
The physician must be a scientist.
The cell is the basic unit of structure and function in all living organisms.
The cell is the ultimate element of all living things.
The cell is the building block of life.
The cell is the foundation of all biological processes.
The cell is the key to understanding life.
The cell is the smallest unit of life.
The cell is the basic unit of heredity.
The cell is the basic unit of evolution.
The cell is the basic unit of disease.
The cell is the basic unit of health.
The cell is the basic unit of medicine.
The cell is the basic unit of pathology.
The cell is the basic unit of physiology.
The cell is the basic unit of anatomy.
The cell is the basic unit of biology.
Contemporaries of Rudolf Virchow
Other Medicines born within 50 years of Rudolf Virchow (1821–1902).