1821–1902 German pathologist, reformer and man of science who first systematically applied cell theory to the understanding of pathological processes.
Keywords: cell pathology; cancer
Virchow, Rudolf Carl
WF Bynum, Wellcome Trust Centre for the History of Medicine at UCL, London, UK
Published online: April 2002
DOI: 10.1038/npg.els.0002415
| Further Reading | |
| book Virchow R (1971) Cellular Pathology, Chance F (transl.). New York: Dover Publications. | |
| book Ackerknecht EH (1953) Rudolf Virchow, Doctor, Statesman, Anthropologist. Madison: University of Wisconsin Press. | |
| book Gillispie CC (ed.) (1970–1980) Dictionary of Scientific Biography. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. | |
| book Rather LJ (1958) Disease, Life, and Man: Selected Essays by Rudolf Virchow. Stanford: Stanford University Press. | |
| book Rather LJ (1990) A Commentary on the Medical Writings of Rudolf Virchow. San Francisco: Norman Publishing. | |
