My politics were those of prophylaxis, my opponents preferred those of palliation.
RUDOLF VIRCHOWIf 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.
More Rudolf Virchow Quotes
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Belief cannot be reckoned with in terms of science, for science and faith are mutually exclusive.
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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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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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There can be no scientific dispute with respect to faith, for science and faith exclude one another.
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Belief begins where science leaves off and ends where science begins.
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The physicians are the natural attorneys of the poor, and the social problems should largely be solved by them.
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Imprisoned quacks are always replaced by new ones.
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Brevity in writing is the best insurance for its perusal.
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Body: A cell state in which every cell is a citizen.
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Medical education does not exist to provide students with a way of making a living, but to ensure the health of the community.
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Laws should be made, not against quacks but against superstition.
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Medical statistics will be our standard of measurement: we will weigh life for life and see where the dead lie thicker, among the workers or among the privileged.
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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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Marriages are not normally made to avoid having children.
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The body is a cell state in which every cell is a citizen. Disease is merely the conflict of the citizens of the state brought about by the action of external forces.
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