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Rudolf Virchow

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.
RUDOLF VIRCHOW

Curse Destroy Event Humanity Learning Shame Tolerance
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.
RUDOLF VIRCHOW

Death Manifestation Moments Operation Personal Sick Special
The task of science is to stake out the limits of the knowable, and to center consciousness within them.
RUDOLF VIRCHOW

Consciousness Know Limitation Science
There can be no scientific dispute with respect to faith, for science and faith exclude one another.
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Faith Oneself Respect Science
The physicians are the natural attorneys of the poor, and the social problems should largely be solved by them.
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Natural Poor Problem Social Solution
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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Concern Knowledge Science Serve
Brevity in writing is the best insurance for its perusal.
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Best Insurance Writing
Medicine is a social science, and politics is nothing more than medicine on a grand scale.
RUDOLF VIRCHOW

Medicine Scale Social Science
Only those who regard healing as the ultimate goal of their efforts can, therefore, be designated as physicians.
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Doctor Goal Healing Position
Body: A cell state in which every cell is a citizen.
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Body Citizenship State
My politics were those of prophylaxis, my opponents preferred those of palliation.
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Myself Opponent Politics Preference
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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Doctor Medicine People Popular Training Wisdom
Marriages are not normally made to avoid having children.
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Avoid Children Marriage
Imprisoned quacks are always replaced by new ones.
RUDOLF VIRCHOW

New Oneself Prison Replacement
It is the curse of humanity that it learns to tolerate even the most horrible situations by habituation.
RUDOLF VIRCHOW

Curse Humanity Learning Situation Tolerance
Belief cannot be reckoned with in terms of science, for science and faith are mutually exclusive.
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Belief Faith Science

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