My politics were those of prophylaxis, my opponents preferred those of palliation.
RUDOLF VIRCHOWBrevity in writing is the best insurance for its perusal.
More Rudolf Virchow Quotes
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Imprisoned quacks are always replaced by new ones.
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Between animal and human medicine, there is no dividing line-nor should there be.
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It is the curse of humanity that it learns to tolerate even the most horrible situations by habituation.
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The task of science is to stake out the limits of the knowable, and to center consciousness within them.
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There can be no scientific dispute with respect to faith, for science and faith exclude one another.
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Body: A cell state in which every cell is a citizen.
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Science in itself’ is nothing, for it exists only in the human beings who are its bearers. ‘Science for its own sake’ usually means nothing more than science for the sake of the people who happen to be pursuing it.
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It is the curse of humanity that it learns to tolerate even the most horrible situations by habituation, that it forgets the most shameful happenings in the daily shame of events, and that it can hardly understand when individuals aim to destroy this infamy.
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If we would serve science, we must extend her limits, not only as far as our own knowledge is concerned, but in the estimation of others.
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Disease is not something personal and special, but only a manifestation of life under modified conditions, operating according to the same laws as apply to the living body at all times, from the first moment until death.
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Marriages are not normally made to avoid having children.
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Laws should be made, not against quacks but against superstition.
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Belief cannot be reckoned with in terms of science, for science and faith are mutually exclusive.
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Only those who regard healing as the ultimate goal of their efforts can, therefore, be designated as physicians.
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Brevity in writing is the best insurance for its perusal.
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