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.
RUDOLF VIRCHOWThere can be no scientific dispute with respect to faith, for science and faith exclude one another.
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Between animal and human medicine, there is no dividing line-nor should there be.
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Imprisoned quacks are always replaced by new ones.
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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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Marriages are not normally made to avoid having children.
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Belief has no place as far as science reaches, and may be first permitted to take root where science stops.
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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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Medicine is a social science, and politics is nothing more than medicine on a grand scale.
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My politics were those of prophylaxis, my opponents preferred those of palliation.
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Belief cannot be reckoned with in terms of science, for science and faith are mutually exclusive.
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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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It is the curse of humanity that it learns to tolerate even the most horrible situations by habituation.
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Brevity in writing is the best insurance for its perusal.
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Body: A cell state in which every cell is a citizen.
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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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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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