Rudolf Virchow: Requiem for a Visionary

Authors

  • Julián Rondón-Carvajal Médico y cirujano, Universidad de Antioquia. Especialista en Medicina Interna, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana. Médico internista, SURA EPS e IPS Universitaria – Universidad de Antioquia. Medellín, Colombia Author
  • Juan Miguel Ruiz-Zuluaga Médico y cirujano, Universidad de Antioquia. Medellín, Colombia Author

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.47363/JMHC/2021(3)155

Keywords:

History of Medicine, Social Medicine, Clinical Pathology, Medical Anthropology, Internal Medicine

Abstract

Rudolf Virchow’s scientific legacy to mankind is invaluable. His holistic view of disease allowed him to develop detailed experimental models based on the precepts of cell biology, which is why he is considered the forerunner of modern pathology. Many of his observations were transferred to the clinical setting and are still valid today in different areas of internal medicine. This biographical sketch highlights his main contributions to modern medical practice on the basis of his profound social sensitivity, including the founding of the first German anthropological society

Author Biographies

  • Julián Rondón-Carvajal, Médico y cirujano, Universidad de Antioquia. Especialista en Medicina Interna, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana. Médico internista, SURA EPS e IPS Universitaria – Universidad de Antioquia. Medellín, Colombia

    Médico y cirujano, Universidad de Antioquia. Especialista en Medicina Interna, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana. Médico internista, SURA EPS e IPS Universitaria– Universidad de Antioquia. Medellín, Colombia

  • Juan Miguel Ruiz-Zuluaga, Médico y cirujano, Universidad de Antioquia. Medellín, Colombia

    Médico y cirujano, Universidad de Antioquia. Medellín, Colombia

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Published

2021-06-07

Issue

Vol. 3 No. 2 (2021): Volume 3 Issue 2

Section

Articles