Rudolf Virchow
German doctor, anthropologist, public health activist, pathologist, prehistorian, biologist and politician
- Lived
- 1821–1902
- Country
- Germany
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About Rudolf Virchow
Rudolf Ludwig Carl Virchow 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 medicine, and to his colleagues, the "Pope of medicine".
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