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Rudolph Virchow Accomplishments
Rudolph Virchow was very talented. He was a scientist and a teacher as well as an editor/writer, politician, and anthropologist. Virchow made several important scientific discoveries. One that he is most famous for, is that cells come from other cells. He also discovered that diseases come from malfunctioning cells.

Rudolph Virchow was married in 1850 and had six children, four daughters and two sons. Both of his sons were scientists. Virchow is considered the father of pathology and made advancements in public health. He was on the German Parliament and strongly opposed the theory of evolution, as well as several other popular scientific beliefs of the time. For example, that cells were made in a fluid called blastema.

Rudolph Virchow discovered several things about cells. In 1855, he discovered that all cells come from other cells. Although he wasn't the first person to state this. Virchow was just the first person who was believed and taken seriously about it. Another discovery was identifying and naming leukemia while performing an autopsy. Also, he said that people's health would improve with better living conditions, eating habits, and cleanliness.
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His observations started cellular pathology. Also, it improved, and helped to progress, the practice of medicine so that diseases could be identified easier, faster, and more accurately. Social medicine was started from his observations of living conditions. Those are just a few of the ways that Rudolph Virchow's discoveries have been used.

Rudolph Virchow was a very talented scientist. He didn't always accept common scientific beliefs. Virchow made many discoveries about cells. He discovered that cells come from other cells and that diseases come from malfunctioning cells. These discoveries have been used in many

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