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 cell is the basic unit of all living organisms.
The cell is the basic unit of all life forms.
The cell is the basic unit of all living matter.
The cell is the basic unit of all organic life.
The cell is the basic unit of all vital activity.
The cell is the basic unit of all vital phenomena.
The cell is the basic unit of all vital processes.
The cell is the basic unit of all vital functions.
The cell is the basic unit of all vital operations.
The cell is the basic unit of all vital actions.
The task of science is to lend wings to the human mind.
Between the animal and the human lies the chasm that can only be bridged by the intervention of a divine power.
Pathology is the mother of medicine.
The body is the temple of the soul, and disease is its desecration.
In science, the credit goes to the man who convinces the world, not to the man to whom the idea first occurs.
Cells are the starting point of all life.
Truth in science can be defined as the working hypothesis best suited to open the way to the next better one.
The physicians are the natural attorneys of the poor, and the social problems should largely be settled at the bedside.
Life is a short interval between two eternities.
The art of medicine consists in amusing the patient while nature cures the disease.
Contemporaries of Rudolf Virchow
Other Medicines born within 50 years of Rudolf Virchow (1821–1902).