Brevity in writing is the best insurance for its perusal.
RUDOLF VIRCHOWBetween animal and human medicine, there is no dividing line-nor should there be.
More Rudolf Virchow Quotes
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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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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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Life itself is but the expression of a sum of phenomena, each of which follows the ordinary physical and chemical laws.
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Belief cannot be reckoned with in terms of science, for science and faith are mutually exclusive.
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Marriages are not normally made to avoid having children.
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Belief begins where science leaves off and ends where science begins.
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Imprisoned quacks are always replaced by new ones.
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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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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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Medicine is a social science, and politics is nothing more than medicine on a grand scale.
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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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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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My politics were those of prophylaxis, my opponents preferred those of palliation.
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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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Between animal and human medicine, there is no dividing line-nor should there be.
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