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Rudolf Ludwig Karl Virchow (born October 13 , 1821 , in Schivelbein , Pomerania ; died September 5 , 1902 , in Berlin ) was a German Doctor , Pathologist , Prehistorian , Biologist and Politician . Virchow studied Medicine in Berlin at the military academy of Prussia , where he graduated in 1843. He became professor in 1847. Due to political reasons, he moved to Würzburg two years later, where he worked on Anatomy . In 1856, he returned to Berlin. Virchow is credited with multiple significant discoveries. He is cited as the first to recognize . Virchow founded the medical disciplines of Cellular Pathology , Comparative Pathology (comparison of diseases common to Human s and Animal s) and Anthropology . Virchow also worked as a politician (member of the Berlin City Council, the Prussian parliament since 1861, German Reichstag 1880-1893) to improve the health care conditions for the Berlin citizens, namely working towards modern water and sewer systems. Virchow is also credited with the founding of "social medicine", frequently focusing on the fact that disease is never purely biological, but often, socially derived. As a co-founder and member of the liberal party (Fortschrittspartei) he was an important political antagonist of Bismarck . One area where he co-operated with Bismarck was in the May Laws (Maigesetze) that Virchow first used the term
The general ideological enthusiasm among the liberals for the Kulturkampf"Liberals were the most enthusiastic champions of the general policy, because it satisfied a tradition of passionate anti-clericalism. It was, in fact, a Progressive party deputy in the Prussian legislature - the distinguished medical scientist and pioneer of public health methods, Rudolf Virchow - who coined the term Kulturkampf to describe the stakes. Virchow meant it as a term of praise, signifying the liberation of public life from sectarian impositions (though the term was later taken up by Catholic leaders in a spirit of bitter derision)." From A Supreme Court in the culture wars by Jeremy Rabkin in the Fall edition of the Public Interest was in contrast to Bismarck's pragmatic attitude towards the measures"Even Bismarck - who initially saw a variety of tactical political advantages in these measures - took pains to distance himself from the rigors of their enforcement." From A Supreme Court in the culture wars by Jeremy Rabkin in the Fall edition of the Public Interest and growing disquiet from the Conservatives."Conservative political forces, centering on the old Prussian aristocracy, became increasingly critical of these measures, fearing that they would jeopardize the status of their own Protestant Evangelical Church."From A Supreme Court in the culture wars by Jeremy Rabkin in the Fall edition of the Public Interest. In 1869 he founded the Society for anthropology, Ethnology and Prehistory (Gesellschaft für Anthropologie, Ethnologie und Urgeschichte) which was very influential in coordinating and intensifying German archaeological research. In 1892 he was awarded the Copley Medal . He was a very prolific writer. Some of his works are:
He also developed a standard method of Autopsy procedure, named for him, that is still one of the two main techniques used today. CONSULT
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Virchow, RLK (1978) Cellular pathology. 1859 special ed. ,204-207 John Churchill London, UK. EXTERNAL LINK |
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