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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.

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.
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Curse Destroy Event Humanity Learning Shame Tolerance
Belief begins where science leaves off and ends where science begins.
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Beginning Belief End Leave Science
Medicine is a social science, and politics is nothing more than medicine on a grand scale.
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Medicine Scale Social Science
Belief has no place as far as science reaches, and may be first permitted to take root where science stops.
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Belief Place Reach Science Stop
My politics were those of prophylaxis, my opponents preferred those of palliation.
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Myself Opponent Politics Preference
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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Existence People Pursue Science
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
The task of science is to stake out the limits of the knowable, and to center consciousness within them.
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Consciousness Know Limitation 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
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
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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Chemical Expression Follow Law Life Ordinary Physical
It is the curse of humanity that it learns to tolerate even the most horrible situations by habituation.
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Curse Humanity Learning Situation Tolerance
Marriages are not normally made to avoid having children.
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Avoid Children Marriage
Body: A cell state in which every cell is a citizen.
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Body Citizenship State
Belief cannot be reckoned with in terms of science, for science and faith are mutually exclusive.
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Belief Faith Science
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.
RUDOLF VIRCHOW

Body Citizenship Force State

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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