Life itself is but the expression of a sum of phenomena, each of which follows the ordinary physical and chemical laws.
RUDOLF VIRCHOWDisease 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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Imprisoned quacks are always replaced by new ones.
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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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Between animal and human medicine, there is no dividing line-nor should there be.
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My politics were those of prophylaxis, my opponents preferred those of palliation.
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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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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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The task of science is to stake out the limits of the knowable, and to center consciousness within them.
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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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Brevity in writing is the best insurance for its perusal.
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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 popular medicine gave the people wisdom as well as knowledge, it would be the best protection for scientific and well-trained physicians.
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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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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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As long as vitalism and spiritualism are open questions so long will the gateway of science be open to mysticism.
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