Rudolf Virchow
German physician who founded modern pathology and social medicine.
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Among his colleagues he was called the "Pope of medicine," and he is recognized as both the originator of social medicine and "the father of modern pathology."[1] Over 2000 scientific writings were authored by this highly productive scholar.[2]
Life and work
At Friedrich Wilhelm University, Johannes Peter Müller was the instructor under whom Virchow pursued medical studies.[3] Because he took part in the 1848 Revolution, Virchow was forced out of Charité the following year.[3] Bismarck, due to Virchow's resistance to his fiscal policies, issued a challenge to a duel.[3] Leukemia, chordoma, ochronosis, embolism, and thrombosis are among the conditions that Virchow initially characterized and gave names to.[4]
What the cited sources add
The Lucas account notes that Virchow was a small, wiry, vigorous and versatile man.[5] Lucas reports that Virchow once so irritated Bismarck that the Iron Chancellor challenged him to a duel, which Berliners found a great joke, but Virchow declined the honor.[5] Lucas states that Virchow told a messenger the tissue sample was too small for definitive diagnosis, but it was not malignant.[5] Lucas describes that Virchow later regretted that more time had not been spent on drawing up the autopsy protocol.[5]
The Oien forensic report states that the first reported use of forensic human-hair comparison was by Rudolf Virchow in 1861.[6] Oien also notes that a basic tenet of the science has been espoused since the inception of the discipline, as first described by Rudolf Virchow in 1861.[6]
References
- Wikipedia, "Rudolf Virchow" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Silver, "Virchow, the heroic model in medicine: health policy by accolade", American Journal of Public Health, 1987, p. 82–88; Nordenström, "The Hunt for the Parathyroids", John Wiley & Sons, 2012, p. 10; Huisman, "Locating Medical History: The Stories and Their Meanings", Johns Hopkins University Press, 2004, p. 415 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Rudolf Virchow" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Buikstra, "The Global History of Paleopathology: Pioneers and Prospects", Oxford University Press, 2012, p. 388–390; Kuiper, "The Britannica Guide to Theories and Ideas That Changed the Modern World", Britannica Educational Pub. in association with Rosen Educational Services, 2010, p. 28; Hand, "Cell Theory: the Structure and Function of Cells", Cavendish Square, 2018 (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Rudolf Virchow" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Kulturkampf" (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Rudolf Virchow" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Rudolf Virchow"; Oien, "Forensic Hair Comparison: Background Information for Interpretation", Forensic Science Communications, 2009, p. Online (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
- Lucas, "Virchow's mistake", The Innominate Society of Louisville. facts only, no text reused. innominatesociety.com
- Oien, "Forensic Hair Comparison: Background Information for Interpretation", Forensic Science Communications, 2009, p. Online. facts only, no text reused. fbi.gov
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