Origin Pathological anatomy from Morgagni's 1761 De Sedibus et Causis Morborum; cellular pathology from Virchow's 1858 Die Cellularpathologie; the College of American Pathologists was founded in Chicago on 12 to 13 December 1946.
The specialty concerned with the study of disease through examination of tissues, cells and body fluids, forming the diagnostic basis for most of modern medicine. The discipline has two foundational milestones: the establishment of pathological anatomy, correlating symptoms in life with findings at autopsy, by Giovanni Battista Morgagni in 1761, and the establishment of cellular pathology, disease understood at the level of the cell, by Rudolf Virchow in 1858. In the United States pathology was recognized as the practice of medicine by the American Medical Association around 1943, and pathologists organized their own professional body in 1946.
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Origin PeriodPathological anatomy from Morgagni's 1761 De Sedibus et Causis Morborum; cellular pathology from Virchow's 1858 Die Cellularpathologie; the College of American Pathologists was founded in Chicago on 12 to 13 December 1946. 2 Classification
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When did pathologists form their own professional body?
In 1946, with the College of American Pathologists.
The College of American Pathologists was formed at an organizational meeting in Chicago on December 12 and 13, 1946. This followed the recognition of pathology as the practice of medicine by the American Medical Association around 1943.
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Biopsy specimens are examined by the specialty of pathology to reach a diagnosis.
Cancer, Conditions Virchow's cellular pathology established the modern framework for diagnosing cancer as a disease of cells, distinguishing cancer cells from normal cells under the microscope.
Source Rudolph Virchow, the father of cellular pathology
Virchow's cellular pathology and germ theory are parallel, complementary nineteenth-century frameworks for understanding disease causation.
Source Rudolph Virchow, the father of cellular pathology
Pathologists diagnose and classify cancers for oncologists
Notable Specialists
Source Adolf Weil (physician) (Wikipedia)
Source Bernhard Naunyn (Wikipedia)
Source Carl Benda (Wikipedia)
Source Christian Georg Schmorl (Wikipedia)
Source Christian Gottlieb Ludwig (Wikipedia)
Source Curt Schimmelbusch (Wikipedia)
Source Edwin Klebs (Wikipedia)
Source Friedrich Albert von Zenker (source article)
Source Friedrich Daniel von Recklinghausen (Wikipedia)
Source Friedrich Sigmund Merkel (Wikipedia)
Source Friedrich Theodor von Frerichs (Wikipedia)
Source Friedrich Wegener (Wikipedia)
George Papanicolaou was a cytopathologist who developed the Pap smear.
Source Hermann Lebert (Deutsche Biographie)
Source Hieronymus David Gaubius (Wikipedia)
Howard Florey was a pathologist who led the development of penicillin into a usable drug.
Source Jack Kevorkian (Wikipedia)
Source James Paget (Wikipedia)
Source John Burdon-Sanderson (Wikipedia)
Source Julius Friedrich Cohnheim (Wikipedia)
Source Karl Otto Weber (Wikipedia)
Source Ludwig Aschoff (Wikipedia)
Source Ludwig Traube (physician) (Wikipedia)
Source Marco Fraccaro (ESHG Genetics and Medicine Historical Network)
Source Maud Menten (Wikipedia)
Source Nikolaus Friedreich (Wikipedia)
Source Paul Clemens von Baumgarten (Wikipedia)
Source Paul Grawitz (source article)
Source Paul Langerhans (Wikipedia)
Source Richard Altmann (Wikipedia)
Source Robin Warren (Wikipedia)
Source Walter Pagel (Wikipedia)
Source Xavier Bichat (Wikipedia)
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1. Wikipedia
Wikipedia contributors, Wikimedia Foundation
2. Historical Timeline (College of American Pathologists)
College of American Pathologistscap.org Historical Timeline, 1946 entryQuote, cap.org Historical Timeline, 1946 entry
College of American Pathologists (CAP) formed at organizational meeting in Chicago, December 12 and 13, 1946.
The Work That Laid the Foundation for Modern Anatomical Pathology
Health Sciences Library System, University of PittsburghFalk Library rare book feature, Treasures from the Rare Book Room, para. 2 of 3Quote, Falk Library rare book feature, Treasures from the Rare Book Room, para. 2 of 3
It was the author who introduced the concept that diagnosis, prognosis, and treatment of disease must be based on an exact understanding of the pathologic changes in the anatomic structures.
Pathology (Wikipedia)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pathology, lead paragraphQuote, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pathology, lead paragraph
Pathology is a significant field in modern medical diagnosis and medical research.
Rudolph Virchow, the father of cellular pathology
American Association for the Advancement of Science- Associated With: Germ Theory of Disease
- Associated With: Cancer
View the Source Robin Warren (Wikipedia)
Maud Menten (Wikipedia)
Notable Specialists: Maud Menten, Lead paragraphQuote, Notable Specialists: Maud Menten, Lead paragraph
was the head of pathology at the Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh
Xavier Bichat (Wikipedia)
Notable Specialists: Xavier Bichat, Lead sentenceQuote, Notable Specialists: Xavier Bichat, Lead sentence
was a French anatomist and pathologist
Paul Langerhans (Wikipedia)
Notable Specialists: Paul Langerhans, Lead sentenceQuote, Notable Specialists: Paul Langerhans, Lead sentence
was a German pathologist, physiologist and biologist
Friedrich Daniel von Recklinghausen (Wikipedia)
Notable Specialists: Friedrich Daniel von Recklinghausen, Lead and career sections [specialist-in]Quote, Notable Specialists: Friedrich Daniel von Recklinghausen, Lead and career sections [specialist-in]
was a German pathologist
Friedrich Wegener (Wikipedia)
Notable Specialists: Friedrich Wegener, Lead paragraphQuote, Notable Specialists: Friedrich Wegener, Lead paragraph
was a German pathologist
John Burdon-Sanderson (Wikipedia)
Notable Specialists: John Burdon-Sanderson, Lead and biography [specialist-in]Quote, Notable Specialists: John Burdon-Sanderson, Lead and biography [specialist-in]
the services he had rendered to physiology and pathology
James Paget (Wikipedia)
Notable Specialists: James Paget, Lead and biography [specialist-in]Quote, Notable Specialists: James Paget, Lead and biography [specialist-in]
was an English surgeon and pathologist
Nikolaus Friedreich (Wikipedia)
Notable Specialists: Nikolaus Friedreich, LeadQuote, Notable Specialists: Nikolaus Friedreich, Lead
was a German pathologist and neurologist
Ludwig Aschoff (Wikipedia)
Notable Specialists: Ludwig Aschoff, LeadQuote, Notable Specialists: Ludwig Aschoff, Lead
was a German physician and pathologist
Richard Altmann (Wikipedia)
Notable Specialists: Richard Altmann, Lead sentence of the English Wikipedia article [in-group]Quote, Notable Specialists: Richard Altmann, Lead sentence of the English Wikipedia article [in-group]
was a German pathologist and histologist from Deutsch Eylau in the Province of Prussia
Marco Fraccaro (ESHG Genetics and Medicine Historical Network)
Notable Specialists: Marco Fraccaro, PDF page 2, Biography [specialist-in]Quote, Notable Specialists: Marco Fraccaro, PDF page 2, Biography [specialist-in]
he specialised in Pathology
Edwin Klebs (Wikipedia)
Notable Specialists: Edwin Klebs, Lead [specialist-in]Quote, Notable Specialists: Edwin Klebs, Lead [specialist-in]
professor of pathology at the University of Bern
Jack Kevorkian (Wikipedia)
Notable Specialists: Jack Kevorkian, Lead [in-group]Quote, Notable Specialists: Jack Kevorkian, Lead [in-group]
was an American pathologist and euthanasia proponent
Friedrich Sigmund Merkel (Wikipedia)
Notable Specialists: Friedrich Sigmund Merkel, Lead textQuote, Notable Specialists: Friedrich Sigmund Merkel, Lead text
German anatomist and histopathologist
Carl Benda (Wikipedia)
Notable Specialists: Carl Benda, Lead and bodyQuote, Notable Specialists: Carl Benda, Lead and body
From 1908 to 1925 at the Institute of Pathology Krankenhaus Moabit.
Paul Clemens von Baumgarten (Wikipedia)
Notable Specialists: Paul Clemens von Baumgarten, Lead and biography [specialist-in]Quote, Notable Specialists: Paul Clemens von Baumgarten, Lead and biography [specialist-in]
was a German pathologist
Ludwig Traube (physician) (Wikipedia)
Notable Specialists: Ludwig Traube (physician), Article textQuote, Notable Specialists: Ludwig Traube (physician), Article text
co-founder of the experimental pathology in Germany
Adolf Weil (physician) (Wikipedia)
Notable Specialists: Adolf Weil (physician), Article text [specialist-in]Quote, Notable Specialists: Adolf Weil (physician), Article text [specialist-in]
professor of special pathology and therapy
Curt Schimmelbusch (Wikipedia)
Notable Specialists: Curt Schimmelbusch, Lead [specialist-in]Quote, Notable Specialists: Curt Schimmelbusch, Lead [specialist-in]
was a German physician and pathologist
Bernhard Naunyn (Wikipedia)
Notable Specialists: Bernhard Naunyn, LeadQuote, Notable Specialists: Bernhard Naunyn, Lead
Bernhard Naunyn (2 September 1839-26 July 1925) was a German pathologist, born in Berlin.
Julius Friedrich Cohnheim (Wikipedia)
Notable Specialists: Julius Friedrich Cohnheim, Lead [in-group]Quote, Notable Specialists: Julius Friedrich Cohnheim, Lead [in-group]
was a German-Jewish pathologist.
Walter Pagel (Wikipedia)
Notable Specialists: Walter Pagel, Lead [in-group]Quote, Notable Specialists: Walter Pagel, Lead [in-group]
was a German pathologist and medical historian.
Christian Georg Schmorl (Wikipedia)
Notable Specialists: Christian Georg Schmorl, Lead [in-group]Quote, Notable Specialists: Christian Georg Schmorl, Lead [in-group]
was a German pathologist who was a native of Mügeln in the Kingdom of Saxony.
Friedrich Theodor von Frerichs (Wikipedia)
Notable Specialists: Friedrich Theodor von Frerichs, Lead [in-group]Quote, Notable Specialists: Friedrich Theodor von Frerichs, Lead [in-group]
was a German pathologist born in Aurich.
Hieronymus David Gaubius (Wikipedia)
Notable Specialists: Hieronymus David Gaubius, Works, Institutiones Pathologiae medicinalisQuote, Notable Specialists: Hieronymus David Gaubius, Works, Institutiones Pathologiae medicinalis
Institutiones Pathologiae medicinalis, a 1758 textbook on systematic pathology that remained popular for many years
Christian Gottlieb Ludwig (Wikipedia)
Notable Specialists: Christian Gottlieb Ludwig, Biography, Leipzig professorshipsQuote, Notable Specialists: Christian Gottlieb Ludwig, Biography, Leipzig professorships
he successively became a full professor of medicine (1747), pathology (1755), and therapy (1758)
Paul Grawitz (source article)
Notable Specialists: Paul Grawitz, Lead sentence [in-group]Quote, Notable Specialists: Paul Grawitz, Lead sentence [in-group]
was a German pathologist
Hermann Lebert (Deutsche Biographie)
Notable Specialists: Hermann Lebert, ADB 18 (1883), Lebert, Herrmann, Biographie [specialist-in]Quote, Notable Specialists: Hermann Lebert, ADB 18 (1883), Lebert, Herrmann, Biographie [specialist-in]
Er war einer der ersten, die nach dem Vorgange Müller's das Mikroskop für die pathologisch-anatomische Forschung verwerthet hatten
Friedrich Albert von Zenker (source article)
Notable Specialists: Friedrich Albert von Zenker, Lead paragraphQuote, Notable Specialists: Friedrich Albert von Zenker, Lead paragraph
13 June 1898) was a German pathologist and physician, celebrated for his discovery of trichinosis.
Karl Otto Weber (Wikipedia)
Notable Specialists: Karl Otto Weber, Lead [specialist-in]Quote, Notable Specialists: Karl Otto Weber, Lead [specialist-in]
was a German surgeon and pathologist born in Frankfurt am Main
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