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A historical account of Virchow’s career is Erwin H. Ackerknecht, Rudolf Virchow: Doctor, Statesman, Anthropologist (1953, reprinted 1981). Compilations of Virchow’s writings include Leland J. Rather, Commentary on the Medical Writings of Rudolf Virchow: Based on Schwalbe’s Virchow-Bibliographie, 1843–1901 (1990); and Brian L.D. Coghlan and Leon P. Bignold, Virchow’s Eulogies: Rudolf Virchow in Tribute to His Fellow Scientists (2008).

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First paragraph modernization. Apr 15, 2024
Anniversary information added. Oct 09, 2023
Anniversary information added. Sep 01, 2023
Cross-references added. Jan 14, 2021
Corrected display issue. Sep 13, 2019
Add new Web site: American Association for the Advancement of Science - Rudolph Virchow, the father of cellular pathology. May 02, 2019
Add new Web site: The Famous People - Biography of Rudolf Virchow. Mar 31, 2016
Add new Web site: The Embryo Project Encyclopedia - Biography of Rudolf Carl Virchow. Mar 31, 2016
Added mention of neonatal hypothyroidism as the later name for the condition known historically as cretinism. Jun 04, 2015
To bibliography, added Brian L.D. Coghlan and Leon P. Bignold, Virchow's Eulogies: Rudolf Virchow in Tribute to His Fellow Scientists (2008). Jun 04, 2015
Add new Web site: Famous Scientists - Biography of Rudolf Virchow. Jul 19, 2013
Add new Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - PubMed Central - Rudolf Virchow. Jul 19, 2013
Added three images of Virchow. Jan 12, 2010
Removed extra comma from birth information. Oct 08, 2009
Bibliography revised. Apr 25, 2007
Article revised and updated. Apr 25, 2007
Article added to new online database. May 04, 1999
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