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Rudolf Carl Virchow

German pathologist, Berlin, Würzburg 1821 - 1902, born in Schivelbein/Ostpommern, died in Berlin

Virchow's areas of activity are simply vast. His greatest achievement was the development of cellular pathology, but he also rendered outstanding services to anthropology, archaeology and social medicine. In the field of pathology he investigated leukaemia, thrombosis, embolism and infection, syphilis and much more.

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