History of medicine: Rudolf Virchow

Also known as

• Rudolf Ludwig Carl Virchow

 

Life

• 1821 CE - 1902 CE
• Born in Prussia (modern Poland)
• Died in Berlin, Germany

 

Great works

• Die Cellularpathologie in ihrer Begründung auf physiologische und pathologische Gewebelehre (Cellular Pathology: As Based Upon Physiological and Pathological Histology).

 

Significance in history

• First identification and description of numerous diseases.
• Discovered the medical sign: 'Virchow's node.' An enlarged left supraclavicular lymph node is associated with various malignancies.