Healers

Rudolf Virchow

Physician and Pathologist

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Medicine Atlas. "Rudolf Virchow." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://medicine.interactiveatlas.org/healers/rudolf-virchow.

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Medicine Atlas. (n.d.). Rudolf Virchow. Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://medicine.interactiveatlas.org/healers/rudolf-virchow

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@misc{medicineatlas-rudolf-virchow,
  author = {Medicine Atlas},
  title = {Rudolf Virchow},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://medicine.interactiveatlas.org/healers/rudolf-virchow},
  note = {Accessed August 30, 2026}
}

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.

Facts

Birth Yearthe subject's own account

1821 1

Birth Datethe subject's own account

1821-10-13 1

Death Yearthe subject's own account

1902 1

Death Datethe subject's own account

1902-09-05 1

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1. Rudolf Virchow (Wikipedia)

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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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