Between animal and human medicine, there is no dividing line-nor should there be.
RUDOLF VIRCHOWBetween animal and human medicine, there is no dividing line-nor should there be.
RUDOLF VIRCHOWThe task of science, therefore, is not to attack the objects of faith, but to establish the limits beyond which knowledge cannot go and found a unified self-consciousness within these limits.
RUDOLF VIRCHOWThe 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.
RUDOLF VIRCHOWOnly those who regard healing as the ultimate goal of their efforts can, therefore, be designated as physicians.
RUDOLF VIRCHOWIt is the curse of humanity that it learns to tolerate even the most horrible situations by habituation.
RUDOLF VIRCHOWThere can be no scientific dispute with respect to faith, for science and faith exclude one another.
RUDOLF VIRCHOWBody: A cell state in which every cell is a citizen.
RUDOLF VIRCHOWBelief begins where science leaves off and ends where science begins.
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.
RUDOLF VIRCHOWIf popular medicine gave the people wisdom as well as knowledge, it would be the best protection for scientific and well-trained physicians.
RUDOLF VIRCHOWImprisoned quacks are always replaced by new ones.
RUDOLF VIRCHOWThe task of science is to stake out the limits of the knowable, and to center consciousness within them.
RUDOLF VIRCHOWScience 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.
RUDOLF VIRCHOWLaws should be made, not against quacks but against superstition.
RUDOLF VIRCHOWMarriages are not normally made to avoid having children.
RUDOLF VIRCHOWMedical 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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